Nightmares and Daydreams Lyrics

Nightmares and daydreams seem like such a quiet scene

But no one around me can see what I see

Ghostly, haunting, images between reality

Shadows that follow you in the streets

Where were you trying to go alone

Were you hoping for a moment on your own

These nightmares and daydreams

They follow me and hollow me

Leaving the shell of who I used to be

An empty carapace

A machine

And I know I'm not okay, but I'm tryin' to be

I've got all these waves, crashing over me

I feel so ashamed, but I shouldn't be

I've got all this pain, where it doesn't have to be

So, I'll let the waves crash over me

The noises in my head fill me with a sense of dread

But no one around is listening my heart's screaming

Panic, anxiety, feelings of deficiency

Apprehension creeping over me

Do they know you're afraid

Why am I so afraid

Can you handle the pain

I can't take it

But these nightmares and daydreams

They follow me and hollow me

Leaving the shell of who I used to be

An empty carapace

A machine

And I know I'm not okay, but I'm tryin' to be

I've got all these waves, crashing over me

I feel so ashamed, but I shouldn't be

I've got all this pain, where it doesn't have to be

So, I'll let the waves crash over me

Crushing loneliness, crying myself to sleep

Confessions that are barely skin deep are deep

Quiet, solitude, silently shattering

Breaking into pieces underneath

You say you don't need me

Don't try to save me

You're broken and bleeding

It's tears that you're seeing

These nightmares and daydreams

They follow me and hollow me

Leaving the shell of who I used to be

An empty carapace

A machine

And I know I'm not okay, but I'm tryin' to be

I've got all these waves, crashing over me

I feel so ashamed, but I shouldn't be

I've got all this pain, where it doesn't have to be

So, I'll let the waves crash over me

But these nightmares and daydreams

They follow me and hollow me

Leaving the shell of who I used to be

An empty carapace

A machine