Riverboat Gamblers

Lyrics to Sleepless



Awake on a work out mattress

Hard, comfortless

No matter which way my body lay

I feel, I feel the change to lose consciousness exist

Only for a moment

Then like the click of a metronome I turn, I turn



Turn on the TV

Commercials for girls with low self-esteem

I'm uneasy

So I turn it off again



Can't make my thoughts stop sprinting

Can't pick out another song

Not to refrain from its pounding rhythm

Give worry a beat so it can march along



My heart throbs a pulse I can feel it

Might as well be a punch in the chest

Screaming wake up, wake up

What mistakes did you make

Completely exhausted, entirely awake



Counting sheep

Constantly beating (wake up, wake up)

No sign of sleep, no chance for relief

From closeted skeletons telling me

Eloquent lies on repeat



Every defeat in my mind

4 million times

with perfect precision decisions must be analyzed



And I wait, wide awake

Concentrate on my breathing

Glow stars on the ceiling dissipate

Counting minutes till the sun comes up

And I hear the hymn of garbage trucks, till then



I'll be counting sheep

Constantly beating (wide awake)

No sign of sleep, no chance for relief

From closeted skeletons telling me

Eloquent lies on repeat





Every defeat in my mind

4 million times

with perfect precision decisions must be analyzed



(Somna-somnambulance)