The Dreaming and the Waking World - Iron Chic

You had a dream but now it’s over

You were asleep but you’re waking up

And the things that you dreamt about are gone now

Every breath you take seems colder

You gotta come to terms with that

There’s no safety here, maybe peace for a little while

You can scream and cry and curse

It couldn’t hurt, couldn’t make it worse

You can grind your teeth, wring your hands until they bleed

You can try going back to sleep, maybe that’s really all you need

Keep yourself awake, I haven’t slept at night myself since the old days

I know all the ways that a heart can break

We could sleep ourselves to death

Hang our failures here like a monument

A hell we made, for heaven’s sake, we gotta keep ourselves awake

Keep yourself awake

I don’t sleep at night myself much anyway

And when I try to speak

The words appear but make no sense to me

I try to go back to sleep

I try but I won’t succeed

Keep yourself awake, I haven’t slept at night myself since the old days

I know all the ways that a heart can break

We could sleep ourselves to death

Hang our failures here like a monument

A hell we made, for heaven’s sake, we gotta keep ourselves awake