When They Sleep
Why don’t you sleep, dear?
Bless your eyes with dreams
But all I see are horrors
And all I heart are screams
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Tell of of these nightmares
What demons do you see?
I see myself for what I am
And for what I couldn’t be
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But you are flawless, love, there
Ain’t no marks on your skin
Come see me tonight, my dear
My flesh is bruised with sin
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Your laughter’s indescribable, it
Sounds like shattering rain
It sounds like the silence that’s hidden
My inconceivable pain
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Don’t be so brash on yourself, you’ll
Find surcease from sorrow
Only if that were enough to
Return the grief I borrow
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What do you do then, dear
While we are all asleep?
I let down my guard of strength
And let my heart weep
