How Do You Sleep

The nights are long, the days are short,
Overthinking, underthought.
Without a hand, you lose your touch,
A mirror would be much too much.
Another season springs and falls,
The writing clearer on the wall.
You're near enough, almost for life,
So why the need to run and hide?

'Cos ideas don't grow on trees,
So you hide your fears with anti-freeze.
Today your role is Rent-a-gob,
But tomorrow you might need a job
The river dries, another drought,
You've nothing left to sing about.
And those who've always been in thrall,
Suddenly don't answer calls.

'Cos loneliness was heaven sent,
By angels on your own expense.
But solitude lets you reflect,
And look down from your own ship, wrecked.
We tried to aid, we tried to fight,
We got rid of the parasites,
The truth is found in a nutshell –
You can't help those who don't want help!

You don't own a word you've spoken, ah.
You don't own a second of your time.
You sneer at those beneath your kind,
And look at me with disdainful eye.
I've failed, because I'm not like you...
Well, I can be judgemental too.
I may well be a nobody.
You might not see me on TV.
But I'm out soon as I hit the light...
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?
How do you sleep at night?...