How Do You Sleep

The nights are long, the days are short
Overthinking, underthought
Without a hand, you lose your touch
A mirror would be much too much

Another season springs and falls
The writing clearer on the wall
You’re near enough, almost for life
So why the need to run and hide?

‘Cos ideas don’t grow on trees
So you hide your fears with anti-freeze
Today your role is Rent-a-gob
But tomorrow you might need a job

The river dries, another drought
You’ve nothing left to sing about
And those who’ve always been in thrall
Suddenly don’t answer calls

‘Cos loneliness was heaven sent
By angels on your own еxpense
But solitude lеts you reflect
And look down from your own ship, wrecked

We tried to aid, we tried to fight
We got rid of the parasites
The truth is found in a nutshell –
You can’t help those who don’t want help!

You don’t own a word you’ve spoken, ah
You don’t own a second of your time

You sneer at those beneath your kind
And look at me with disdainful eye
I’ve failed, because I’m not like you…
Well, I can be judgemental too

I may well be a nobody
You might not see me on TV
But I’m out soon as I hit the light…
How do you sleep at night?

[Outro : repeated 8 times]
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?
How? How do you sleep at night?