I'm on a train
But there's no one at the helm
And there's a demon in my brain
Who starts to overwhelm, whelm whelm whelm whelm

And there it goes, my last chance for peace
You lay me down, but I get no release
And I say I

I try to keep awake, I try to swim beneath
I try to keep awake but I
I can feel this narcolepsy slide
Into another nightmare

And there's a demon in my head who starts to play
A nightmare tape loop of what went wrong yesterday
And I hold my breath 'till it's more than I can take
And I close my eyes, I dream that I'm awake

I try to keep awake, I try to keep awake
I try to keep awake but I
I can feel this narcolepsy slide
Into another nightmare

I read dead Russian authors, volumes at a time
I write everything down except what's on my mind
'Cause my greatest fear is that sucking sound
And then I know that I'll never get back out

And there's a bone in my hand that connects to a drink
In a crowded room where the glasses clink
And I'll buy you a beer and we'll drink it deep
Because that keeps me from felling asleep

I said how'd you like to be alone and drowning?
How'd you like to be alone and drowning?
How'd you like to be alone and drowning?
How'd you like to be alone and drowning?

Still I find this narcolepsy slide slide slides
Into another nightmare

Keep awake, keep awake, keep awake
And I can feel this narcolepsy slide


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    What Pasketanki said. In fact, that was so eerily similiar to evrything I've experienced I found myself wondering in a fight club kind of way whether I'd actually written it! 4:01 am as well.

    I have narcolepsy and as strange as it may seem to people who don't have it - this song is not a metaphor, it actually describes almost exactly the sleep paralysis, hypnogogic hallucinations components of narcolepsy. They get these throughout the day when they start to nod off. But can also see how easy the lyrics would be to confuse with drug use.

    It focuses actually a lot on the crazy, vivid and "real" dreams you get during the 15-20 minute daytime naps, and the uselessness of trying to fight them. Also the term "dream" is misleading because they feel more like waking hallucinations, whilst being paralysed.

    I too read Dostoevsky, Lermantov etc. but what else is there to do at 4 in the morning when the rest of the world is in a deep sleep.

    larryarms1on May 07, 2008   Link

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