When the night becomes the dawn

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I suffer from insomnia and one night when I couldn't get to sleep I just wrote down all the mad thoughts that were swimming through my brain at 4am. The more I try to get to sleep the less chance I've got, and the harder I try to clear my mind the crazier the images that keep me awake. (Yes I'm one of those sad poets who has a pen and pad by the bed!!!). When the future is throw away I don't know if morning will come again The frozen light burns the lawn I'm trapped in Hotel California A place in my brain won't let me go of ya I'm wondering if I was really born When the night becomes the dawn They say it's done with smoke and mirrors A bottle of tequila and a pair of scissors The temperature is badly torn The houses of the holy are burning The crusaders are all returning The violence is slowly being withdrawn When the night becomes the dawn Out of darkness can come strength You can measure distance with wavelengths This oak used to be an acorn I guess it's foolish to explain We missed each other but we'll catch the next train The streetlight flickers, I feel lovelorn When the night becomes the dawn Children keep getting' taller We all grow but end up smaller Our minds and emotions overdrawn The killings were computer game copycats Sixteen school kids snuffed out just like that It's the tension that makes you eat popcorn When the night becomes the dawn I've forgotten how soft your skin was I'd like to kiss it, what was I thinkin' of I crave the smile you used to adorn It's pointless to point and snigger No use now in pulling the trigger Might as well wait to see the new morn' When the night becomes the dawn The veterans are planning revolution So much murder but no solutions It's true that hate is fuelled by scorn The terrorist matches his belief with fear The perfect crime, the perfect tear The end is near to being drawn When the night becomes the dawn