A silent sleeping vampire, arisen from its grave   As I lie still and quiet in the dark   The only sign of breathing, a flicker on my skin   The only sign of life, my beating heart   What does it take to open my eyes?   What does it take to register surprise?   What does it take to feel joy?   What does it take to feel pain?   Floors creak but doors are still   I’ve read all the books about being ill   I know the truth and truth knows I’m right   One day you’ll fear me in the night      A drowning man sees daylight   Coming up for air…   I’ve been working hard for this   All my life and I like it this way      I know they’re staking out my house   That’s why I’m quiet like a mouse   I don’t know love but I know what’s right   I feel my sickness every night   My tv fills my world with light   24 hours of second sight   I talk to God on my station   He gives me secret information      A drowning man sees daylight   Coming up for air…   I’ve been working hard for this   All my life and I like it this way      Mother, suffocate me   Mother, suffocate me   There’s no way out of here   It’s tearing me apart   There’s no way out of here   There’s no way out of here   Mother, suffocate me   There’s no way out of here   There’s no way out of here   No-no-no way out of here