Awakened From My Slumber

Awakened From My Slumber


Awakened from my slumber I wish I could go back
to the land that's always painted in a single shade of black

Why did I have to awaken from that numbing sleep
I had no need to worry; it never made me weep

Why can I not return again to that dreamless realm
Where swirling whirlpools of misery never overwhelm

Why must I endure this wobbling world of regret
Where pain sits upon me like a loving loyal pet

A season of sorrows surrounds my temporal throne
I shall always be unwanted distant and alone

The dreams of youth have faded my body slowing down
If Hades would only welcome me to his dark underground

Could I but follow Orpheus' dim distant refrains
to the land that Cerebus guards on somnolent plains

Oh, let me return into that dreamless nada state
So I won't stagger beneath the cruel blows of fate

Whatever could my purpose be, has anyone a clue
I know of nothing worthy that I might ever do

What matter if I leave here? No consequence I see
The world will go on turning it never needed me

I will bow out gracefully; will you turn out the lights
I am tired of the struggle, tired of the fights

Let me just lie down here and close my heavy eyes
Oh, let’s not bother with long and sad goodbyes

Let me return to my slumber, return again once more
To search in sightless silence for sleep's--eternal door