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Into Darkness I slide
For the Unendin' Ride
Exhaustion pushes me down
Spread paper thin
As the Blackness seeps in
Sportin' my Guilt like a Crown

Sadness waits there
And Pain fouls the air
I want out but my Conscience won't let me
The Murder of Hope
The Staggerin' Scope
Makin' odds on what no one will bet me

Strangers surround me
Ugliness hounds me
Smothered by Thoughts that just can't be
With Memory my Curse
Bad becomes Worse
When I'm Sleepin' the Sleep of the Guilty

My Conscience is scarred
The windows are barred
All the Children are ragged and filthy
Inescapable Dread
The Lost and the Dead
Sleepin' the Sleep of the Guilty

Awake in a sweat
Wrapped up in Regret
With the fear of what was and what will be
Hide from the Mistake
Just by stayin' awake
Stop Sleepin' the Sleep of the Guilty