The alarm sounds, and I know
It’s just another day, time to get ready
Work today, class tomorrow
Busy from one day to the next
Hardly a moment to myself
I can barely think
The music is still playing
As I slip on my clothes
And gather my things
Off it goes as do I
Out to my car
Gone in a flash
Driving down the road
I find myself thinking
Serious thoughts of late
The future and the past
Are on my mind now
Because I find myself wishing
That sleep would claim me again
Just for a moment, a blessed moment
If not for normal dreams then just for one
The only dream I want right now
And that’s easy to figure
I pray for sleep to come again
Just so I can see with clarity
To catch a glimpse of one thing
Something so simple
And yet so unattainable
Singing with the radio
And flipping through the static
Because nothing ever stays in tune
When we’re in the country or the mountains
I’m used to it by now so it’s no bother
Yet it frustrates me sometimes
The music brings peace
What little peace I find
It’s harder when I’m awake
All the hours in the day
There’s at least one minute
When I think of something more
There’s more to life than this
Being awake is not helping me
An eternal kiss, that forever kiss
Might rid me of daydreams
Such distractions from reality
I’m going crazy with my thoughts
That sleep would claim me again
Just for a moment, a blessed moment
If not for normal dreams then just for one
The only dream I want right now
And that’s easy to figure
I pray for sleep to come again
Just so I can see with clarity
To catch a glimpse of one thing
Something so simple
And yet so unattainable
All I want is that dream
It’s what I long for
I feel it with me all day
Every moment that I’m awake
It’s here with me now
And I want to be asleep again
At least with sleep I can live the dream
When I’m awake it’s gone
Chased away by the alarm
Another alarm chases away sleep
Just as it should
Something’s in the air
I can sense it here, now
And I know that sleep holds
Just before dawn it will hold me
My mind will be lost to this dream
A simple dream, so easy
And yet so far away
That sleep would claim me again
Just for a moment, a blessed moment
If not for normal dreams then just for one
The only dream I want right now
And that’s easy to figure
I pray for sleep to come again
Just so I can see with clarity
To catch a glimpse of one thing
Something so simple
And yet so unattainable
Can I make it again?
Each time the alarm sounds
It’s a little harder to leave
Because the dreams are so good
They seem so full of life
More than this life
Here I am
Alone in the morning
Listening to the music
And the crackling
As I drive down that same road
All I can think of is one
That one thing that I long for
It’s the thing I miss the most
It feels like it was so long ago
When I had it here with me
I want a little piece of it back
But I just don’t know how
Then there’s the dream life
That I don’t want to leave
It’s getting harder to leave it behind
When I have so much to live for
That I don’t want to live for
And it’s getting darker here, now
The darkness scares me
I have to cry out
To reach out
Just one hand
Just one word
Help
And I want to be asleep again
If just for that dream
That I can’t seem to reach while I’m awake
It’s running through my mind
I can’t seem to shake it
I just want to feel like me again
Then, all of a sudden
I get word
My cry for help
Actually found you
And I heard back
Speech could not find me
A moment passed
Now I’m finding that
Reality can be ok
I just hope it lasts
Promise me it’ll last
Like nothing does
I don’t want to go back
To wanting sleep
Waiting for sleep
Just so I can see you
And hear you
I want to be awake
Because while I’m awake
Now we can talk
And I have this strange feeling
Of déjà vu
Like I’ve been here before
Thinking of this situation
It comes suddenly
And I still want you here
Even though you’re not
You’re so far away
But talking
Just a little
I feel closer to you again
And I don’t want to lose that
Don’t leave me again
I’m not sure if I could take it
Maybe I could
But I don’t want to find out
Sleep is the last thing
That’s on my mind now
Life can offer so much more
Than dreams
But dreams can shed light
In the end I just want both
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