No sleep for the weary

Completed 2am - 2:43am 22/6/10


No Sleep for the Weary


I’m waking up before I sleep
That grinding train of rhythmic pain
Too awake in the dead of night
This life is something I just can’t fight

And I never sleep, I never slumber
My heart beat cracks like a strike of thunder
There is no rest, there is no peace
Only time awaits my sweet release

My eyes stay open I'm up all the night
I count the stars bright above my head
Look up still more the stars fall dead
I outlasted now that they have fled

For years upon years I've been chasing sleep
She hides in the house and she starts to creep
She draws me out of dreams now awake
But this emptiness I feel I cannot take

And I smile, and I weep and I find no sleep
And she runs and she hides, can’t she sympathize
Will she stop, will she stay can we be ok?
What is day, what is night, will we be alright?

Try to close my eyes, and lose her sight
She pulls my eyelids open, no sleep for you tonight
Sleep is a love I break you see
I wish she would just come back to me

As day becomes night, and night becomes day
The last of darkness has faded away
I fell awake, I know not how
I look for the answers in my pillow now

Watching the sunrise, and another night die
The red dawn approaches, streaking the skies
The colour resembles my bloodshot eyes
And she never hears my midnight cries



And I smile, and I weep and I find no sleep
And she runs and she hides, can’t she sympathize
Will she stop, will she stay can we be ok?
What is day, what is night, will we be alright?

No sheep to count, no thoughts to dream
No energy left for this recurring theme
Her ideas and memories swirl and dance
Keeping me awake with every chance

I lay down trying not to scream
God knows I only want to dream
Oh so many times I pray for rest
And so many times I'm never blessed

Sometimes in my bed I see her there
I call her name but she'll never remain
The chase is over and wait for daylight
She sings to me, you'll never sleep at night

And I smile, and I weep and I find no sleep
And she runs and she hides, can’t she sympathize
Will she stop, will she stay can we be ok?
What is day, what is night, will we be alright?

And I smile, and I weep and I find no sleep
And she runs and she hides, can’t she sympathize
Will she stop, will she stay can we be ok?
What is day, what is night, will we be alright?

The sleepless road is the path I travel
Her heart is what I need to unravel
What did I do to make her go?
Will she ever tell me will I ever know?

Outside the window, streetlights reflected
I stare at them senseless, slumber rejected.
I turn and I see she is waiting for me
I have found my sleep so peacefully

She is mine to hold, and never let go
Finally my mind in heaven will flow
I hold her hand and she holds mine
Together we live, our hearts intertwined