Before she goes to sleep at night She puts a noose around her neck To give herself a reason to stop Tossing and turning and thinking About the last time she Was safe in her own skin.
Instead of tucking herself in Under blanket and quilt She tucks a knife into her chest To remind herself of her guilt And her shame and the pain She faces at the dawn Of each new day.
She threw her pillow in the trash Because comfort wasn't something She thought belonged in her life. Now she rests her head On a loaded Sig .40 And finds solace in the touch Of cold steel against her cheek.
She always said she couldn't sleep And now *she can't stop.
"Wake up the dawn and ask her why A dreamer dreams she never dies"