Stay Asleep (Rock)

[smooth_high_end softened_cymbal_transients natural_cymbal_decay balanced_top_end clean_top_end no_digital_harshness balanced_stereo_field] Verse 1 Morning’s at the window, gray and thin, the coffee pot’s been silent since ten. A clock ticks out the life I’ve borrowed, but time don’t care, it just begins again. Pre-Chorus The pills say “take with water, take with faith, take slow.” I’ve done what I was told, still can’t let go. Chorus So I stay asleep, just half a dream away, the daylight don’t hurt if I don’t let it stay. I stay asleep, till the quiet turns deep, and the world forgets my name. Verse 2 The screen keeps flashing someone else’s news, I can’t take another story I can’t use. There’s dishes in the sink and words I never said, I wear them like a bruise I can’t lose. Pre-Chorus The mirror won’t meet my eyes, the sun’s too bright to try. I’m fine, I’m fine — that’s the lie. Chorus So I stay asleep, just half a dream away, the daylight don’t hurt if I don’t let it stay. I stay asleep, till the quiet turns deep, and the world forgets my name. Bridge If waking means feeling, then sleeping’s a kind of grace. There’s peace in not believing I have to face today. Final Chorus So I stay asleep, one breath at a time, the hurt fades slow, like the edges of night. I stay asleep, but somewhere inside, I still want to wake alive.