When the Dark Falls

The kettle can whisper, the kettle can shout
The pills can pull but they always give out
Nothing can take me, and less keeps me there
'Cause sleep is a beast, polar and bare
Tossing and turning awake in the night
Helplessly burning up in candelight
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 in the mellow and slow
I just make my bed
On the storm inside my head
My thoughts will stutter and my mind will race
My heart is a bird and 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 in the mellow and slow
I just make my bed
On the storm inside my head
Hours and hours in the day
And the 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 in the mellow and slow
I just make my bed
On the storm inside my