Sleep Away - Bob Acri

A blackout in the room again

A busted lip and broken skin

I wake up in the bathroom

And dare not bother asking

Why the mirror’s craked and all I see

Are shards of glass inside of me

There’s voices there to dare me

My father’s here to scare me

My mother sits beyond the door she’s

Curled up crying on the floor

Look at what her son’s done

When the weight of all the world’s gone wrong

It’s gone wrong again

Gone fucking wrong

It’s gone wrong again

Well liars they leave a guilty trail

And let me tell you something people

I’ve been lying for fucking years

That must be why I’m standing in this space

Disregarding that I’ve created these monsters

They’re on fucking both of my sides

So I wipe the blood from both of their eyes

From all four of their eyes

And while I wait for wounds to heal

I see you by the window sil

Your heart’s torn out

A plastic spoon

When honesty lit up that room

So I stole the pillowcase to clean

This mess I’ve made of someones dream

Now you’ve seen what I’ve done

When the weight of all the world’s gone wrong

It’s gone wrong again

Gone fucking wrong

It’s gone all wrong again

This room is old and wise

I fall onto the bed and wonder

«How did I get here?»

The little boy who would argue with a tree

Just fucking thump his head

And he’ll turn back to normal

Now why is that what I see?

Don’t bother trusting

Don’t bother waiting

Don’t bother changing things that won’t give into changing

Just let me go away

I’m packed

Whenever

I’m down

Whenever