Lullaby For a Broken Mind

They say I'm good
Yet none can feel the war beneath my skin

Everyone swears I'm fine
But they don't see what's tearing me apart
I only want to sleep
Just let me drift away
Just let the darkness quiet down my heart

My thoughts bloom into horrors
Shadows dancing where light once lived
I reach for silence–
But the demons breathe
And tear the calm from my ribs

I just want the quiet
But they rise and scream in waves
They twist inside my mind
These broken voices I can't escape
I just want to sleep
I just want to sleep

Tonight they conquer me again
Curling, clawing, twisting–
They shake the walls of my sanity
Their whispers turn to poison
Their echoes dig into my bones

I'm afraid of staining my hands
Afraid of falling into their temptations
Afraid of losing who I am
To the darkness begging for salvation

They
Scream
They
Shiver
They
Circle in my head
Like a thousand fallen wings

All I want is silence
All I want is rest
To tear the voices from my mind
And let the night save me at last
I just want to sleep
I just want to sleep