stuck powered on

i lay down for the night

and rest my weary eyes

hoping tonight that things might change

but in this darkness my thoughts start to multiply

and sanity slowly slips away

and as the sun starts creeping through the cracks between the shades

it calls me out to battle through another day

i just need one more hour to sleep

sweet relief from the demons in my mind

i toss and turn

but still nothing seems to work

can't turn off

these nervous thoughts

and though

i'm shutting down my mind's stuck powered on

i peel my body up and pour myself a cup

go through the motions of the day

and try to figure out a way to reconcile

the two sides at war inside of me

and as the sun starts creeping through the cracks between the shades

it calls me out to battle through another day

i just need one more hour to sleep

sweet relief from the demons in my mind

i toss and turn

but still nothing seems to work

can't turn off

these nervous thoughts

and though

i'm shutting down my mind's stuck powered on

as seconds turn to minutes

and hours into days

my thoughts evaporate into the haze

of real life dreams

i need to clear my mind of everything

so that i can get some sleep

i just need one more hour to sleep

sweet relief from the demons in my mind

i toss and turn

but still nothing seems to work

can't turn off

these nervous thoughts

and though

i'm shutting down my mind's stuck powered on