I Can’t Sleep By Tyler Unger I can’t sleep My mind won’t allow me The cloud of anxiety that swallows the fake Will swallow me until I break I can’t sleep The dogs are barking It’s dark and the night only grows colder As the child in me grows older I can’t sleep I must stay up To complete the papers, red as they ran With the blood of my blistered hands I can’t sleep I’m too addicted To feeling tired and complaining For the thrill comes from the straining I can’t sleep The dawn is breaking And the whole town is waking And now I’m not taking Any of the calls that keep me taken Away from the simpler times I can’t sleep And I never will, never again
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