Pills

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Doctor,

how am I gonna sleep?

I want you to lie to me,

and tell me I'm fine.

But you won't lie to me.

Tell me I need a treat.

A pill will sedate me,

and keep me normal.

So I'm calm asleep,

and I'm having the darkest dreams.

What can you do for me,

to bring the good ones back in?

A pill to eat.

A pocket full of my doggie treats.

Addicted to something,

I shouldn't even need.

You can't lie to me.

I know that I'm sane enough.

I know what you're trying to do.

And I know it ain't fair to me.

Take me off the pills.

I'm not gonna sleep again.

But I rather never sleep again,

than to have another nightmare.

I try to be,

a productive member of society.

My frying brain,

is addicted to your drugs.

So I'm crying.

I sleep every night alone.

No one to calm me down,

and hug me close,

when the nightmares come.

You can't prove to me.

Because I don't think I'm sane enough.

I know what you're trying to do,

but is it fair to me?

Take me off the pills.

I'm not gonna sleep again.

But I rather stay awake until I'm dead,

than to have another nightmare.

[solo]

Try me.

I know I'm not sane enough,

to put down the fucking gun,

and cry it all out.

So sedate me.

Doc, give me a remedy.

You indoctrinated a need,

to feel just like balloons,

every day.

But I don't want to be,

a basket case with bad dreams.

I wish I could be,

addiction free.

You can't lie to me.

I know that I'm sane enough.

I know what you're trying to do.

And I know it ain't fair to me.

Take me off the pills.

I'm not gonna sleep again.

But I rather never sleep again,

than to wake up and swallow a fistful of pills.