The kettle can whisper, the kettle can shout
The pills can pull but they always give out
Nothing can take me, less keeps me there
'Cause sleep is a beast, polar and bare
verse 2
Tossing and turning, awake in the night
Helplessly burning up in candlelight
Holding on tightly to all that is real
'Cause when the dark falls I'll burn what I feel
I don't think I know
How to rest mellow and slow
I just made my bed
On the storm inside my head
verse 3
My thoughts will stutter and my mind will race
My heart is a burden, my head is a cage
If I abandon hope of a key
Maybe the lock will break and make free
I don't think I know
How to rest mellow and slow
I just made my bed
On the storm inside my head
Bridge
Hours and hours in the day
Rest I spend awake
Hours and hours in the night
It's the rest I try to fight
I don't think I know
How to rest mellow and slow
I just made my bed
On the storm inside my