I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

It's the same each and every night Glare at my screen with two big bloodshot eyes I'm stuck self-torturing My meds are failing me Internal clock in smithereens Can't fix this I'm hopeless My eyes are stapled open wide As I lay down on my side I am bouncing off these walls Notice my hands begin to twitch Unprovoked assaulting of my conscious wit Me and the TV are enemies Sickening static surrounds my mind I'm losing time And realizing that after days of thought that I'm stuck self-torturing My meds are failing me Internal clock in smithereens Can't fix this I'm hopeless My eyes are stapled open wide As I lay down on my side I am bouncing off these walls As I focus on the clock Time stands still, but I cannot I should strap myself in bed I guess I'll sleep when I am dead Talk to myself Lie in the darkness so content As the sun begins to rise I can barely shut my eyes This crazed, delirious mess Laughing at everything I see My sanity is spent Just tell me where my time went I'm losing it Attention All insomniacs, please raise your right hand And kindly, repeat after me "I guess I'll sleep when I am dead" 'Cause I'm stuck self-torturing My meds are failing me Internal clock in smithereens Can't fix this I'm hopeless My eyes are stapled open wide As I lay down on my side I am bouncing off these walls As I focus on the clock Time stands still, but I cannot I should strap myself in bed I guess I'll sleep when I am dead I guess I'll sleep when I am