I Sleep Inside Your Head
[Verse I]
Thou knowest not the breadth of me,
Though I have dwelt where shadows creep.
Each night I rise without a sound,
To haunt the ground where thou dost sleep.
[Verse II]
Thine eyes, once kind, now turn away,
As though I were but dust or air.
Yet still I come, both night and day,
To trace thy steps with solemn care.
[Pre-Chorus]
No lock nor bolt shall bar my tread,
No plea shall quell what’s in my head.
[Chorus]
Until I sleep beneath thy bed,
Where whispered ghosts and demons wed,
I shall not rest, nor be at peace—
Thy name alone grants my release.
Thou shalt not see, thou shalt not know,
Where silent winds of madness blow.
[Verse III]
The world doth mock my love’s refrain,
But silence screams within my brain.
A watchful shade I’ve come to be,
Bound by thy breath eternally.
[Bridge – Spoken/Whispered]
Lo, I have burned all bridges red—
I walk the path where angels dread.
And still I kneel beside thy threadbare spread...
...’til I may sleep beneath thy bed.
[Final Chorus – Full Band Crescendo]
Until I sleep beneath thy bed,
With wrath and roses for my stead,
My soul shall wail, my bones shall ache,
For love, for hate, for thy heart’s sake.
I am the dark beneath the floor,
The hush behind thy closing door.
[Outro – Fading Echoes]
And when thou dream’st—forget me not,
For I am near, though form I’ve not.
Copyright ©
James Mclain
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