Sleep

"Close your eyes," the voice is saying Is it safe to obey? I'm not all sure, but it's already done And I watch as the light fades away There's a peace in the darkness I find nowhere else The sweet lullaby of Death And even though it might be wrong I must give in to it's caress The screams of children passing away Might be delightful to some But when I wake in the mid' of the night That's not what I want to hear come My nights of no rest, my hallucinations That some claim are parts of my dreams I remember those things as I lay down to sleep And like an arrow the moon through me beams My pillow, my tombstone, the difference is vague I'd still rather go for a walk Alone in the darkness, where stars guide my way Than to wake and believe I am stalked I still dream of monsters and dolls come to life I sometimes look under my bed And before I lay down in it, not feeling safe I picture me dead in my head I know that one day when the darkness arrives I will fear for the sleep never more I just don't think that I can wait for that day But to take my own life I want nor So I'll lay me to sleep as I always have done Knowing bad dreams come abrupt And as I close these fearful eyes I'll pray that I never wake up