Moonlight cuts through the blinds like a blade
But the rest I'm seeking is starting to fade
The clock on the wall is a cold-hearted sound
While I'm looking for peace that can't be found
I reach for the drawer, the plastic rattle rings
A chemical promise of the silence it brings
One glass of water, a swallow so dry
Just to dim the lights behind my own eyes

It isn't sleep, it's just silence I'm buying
Muffling the sound of a spirit that's crying
A synthetic wall between the heart and the head
To keep from hearing the words that I dread

A pill to go under, a pill to forget
A pharmacy shield for the Sun that has set
The pain that I hide doesn't wash with the rain
It just waits in the dark, driving me insane
Painting the void in a soft pastel blue
Numbing the life that I once thought I knew

Morning arrives with a bitter-sweet taste
A fog in the mind, a life gone to waste
I tell myself daily I'm holding the reins
But I'm just a ghost flowing through my own veins
I hide every bottle, I hide every scar
As if the cure wasn't taking me far
But the pain is a swimmer, it knows how to float
Even when I'm sinking this chemical boat

Where does the comfort turn into the cage?
Where does the healing turn into the rage?
These pills are just anchors, they aren't the shore
And the weight of the glass, I can't take anymore

A pill to go under, a pill to forget
A pharmacy shield for the Sun that has set
The pain that I hide doesn't wash with the rain
It just waits in the dark, driving me insane
Painting the void in a soft pastel blue
Numbing the life
In a paper-thin view

One to wake up
One to get through
And the silence
The silence is screams in the blue