Midnight at the Asylum (The Borrowed Man)

[Verse 1]
A man wakes up one morning with his wife right by his side
And he walks up to his mirror smiling with tears in his eyes
He puts on his clothes, he grabs his wallet and his keyes
And he wipes blood from his hands off to a special rag he keeps

[Verse 2]
In the distance there's a hooded man, his silhouette fades fast
And the man cries to the lord above with a bible in his hand
He grabs his tools, walks out the door and he takes a midnight drive
And the moonlight cascades across his face as he rides out through the night

[Verse 3]
As a child they used to beat him on the cold, dry, open road
And they left him with some battle scars, but most of them don't show
Everytime he drives he hears that same, familiar song
And it's just one note repeating, but he loves to sing along

[Verse 4]
Often he would daydream about many flashing lights
And a place above the clouds in which his arms don't feel quite right
That day is just like every day and nothing seems to change
And it's all he can remember since his wife has passed away

[Verse 5]
But a demon and an angel came and broke right through their doors
And they killed everybody but they left him all alone

[Verse 6]
He sees them every now and then, in his place above the clouds
And they keep him entertained until the lights start shutting down
His arms still feel quite wrong, the demon whispers in his ear:
"Go to sleep, my child, and it all will disappear"
And he's falling into dreamland, slowly feeling more at peace
And he slouches on the clouds and begins his reoccuring dream

[Verse 7]
In the dream, there's lots of screaming and the tremor in his hand
And a few dramatic visions that he buried in the past
He snaps back to reality when the lights have turned back on
With his arms around his body, he begins to sing the song:

[Outro]
A man wakes up one morning with his wife right by his side
And he walks up to his mirror smiling with tears in his eyes