You will never know
What's behind my skull
So won't you say goodnight
So I can say goodbye

You will never know
What's under my hair
So won't you say goodnight
So I can say goodbye

You will never know
What's under my skin
So won't you say goodnight
So I can say goodbye

You will never know
What is in my veins
So won't you say goodnight
So I can say goodbye

Won't you go to someone else's dreams
Won't you go to someone else's head
Haven't you taken enough from me
Won't you torture someone else's sleep?

And you will never know (won't you go to someone else's dreams)
What I'm thinking of
So won't you say goodnight (won't you go to someone else's head)
So I can say goodbye

And you will never understand (haven't you taken enough from me)
What I believe
So won't you say goodnight (won't you torture someone else's sleep?)
So I can say goodbye

I

Haven't you taken enough from me
Won't you torture someone else's sleep? (I)
Won't you go to someone else's dreams
Won't you go to someone else's head
Haven't you taken enough from me
Won't you torture someone else's sleep?

I start to part two halves of my heart in the dark and I
Don't know where I should go
And the tears and the fears begin to multiply
Taking time in a simple place
In my bed where my head rests on a pillowcase
And it's said that a war's lead but I forget
That I let another day go by
I want to be afraid but it seems that these days
I'm caught under water and I'm falling farther
My heart's getting harder, I'm calling my father
Am I screaming to an empty sky?
Empty sky, no way, that's me
'Cause one half of my heart is free
Empty sky, no way, that's me
'Cause the other half of my heart's asleep


Lyrics submitted by emilyheartsrock, edited by EmoBunny4Lyfe, twentyoner, captainlepidas, LexiTheScienti

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    Another thing that I forgot to add was the definition of the word Anathema which is a curse or something/someone that a person strongly dislikes. I'd say this song is more about these feelings he has being a curse.

    dreamemberon February 16, 2014   Link

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