Shadows

In waking world and in my dreams

I feel myself tear at the seams

The shadows always watch and follow

In bed awake I fear tomorrow

They told me the date that I die

And I'm afraid, I cannot lie

In sleep, they hide outside my house

And beckon me to take a look

I am frightened as a mouse

And hide myself behind a book

I plunge deeper into fantasies

I don't want to face this reality

I bury myself in other's worlds

And hide from the things unfurled

In waking world and in my dreams

I feel myself tear at the seams

In darkness my heart starts to pound

I do not like the things I've found

They must not know that I'm aware

Or I might not wake from this nightmare

In waking world and in my dreams

I feel myself tear at the seams

I cannot run

I cannot hide

I cannot scream nor can I confide

In waking world and in my dreams

I feel them tear me at the seams

If they learn that I'm aware

I'll never wake from this nightmare