Anna Coogan: Music

The Nocturnal Among Us

One night you woke up, you could not sleep anymore
you looked at your hands but you did not know what they were for
one night you woke and your eyes were wide open
your mind full on fire and your body was paralyzed
look at the ceiling and wondering why
everything comes to an end at the same time

one night you woke up you could not breathe anymore
the air was too heavy, the silence too loud to ignore
one night you woke and he body was next to you
next thing you know she’s gone up and left you alone
and the silence is deafening, you can’t see the sun for the shadow it brings

and all the pretty voices singing
you can’t hear your own voice ringing out loud

one night you woke up you did not dream anymore
your eyes could still focus but your vision was clouded and poor
caught in the cycle of living and lying you’ve run out of luck
and you’re tired of trying to climb to the top of the mess that you made
you don’t have nothing without your good name.