Beneath the Sleep - Tanuki, Joshua Herzer

I rose from this futile recovery

And frames have flashed in front of me

That I have dared to dauntlessly link together

They’re still haunting me

The things I’ve seen

Reflect the faces of myself that I’ll always keep

And the darkest corners of dream

Locked away beneath the sleep

But still it grows

I can feel it cutting into the heart of my whole

There’s so much I still don’t know

Will it replace the me that wakes

Will it take control away

Is this shadow here to stay

On the other side of this wall that I have build to stem the tide

There stands another me

I’ve often seen through his eyes

His work would leave you breathless

It eats me up inside

I don’t recognize the man underneath

He wears the face that’s so familiar

And I can feel him cover every inch of me

I’m afraid of giving into it and the horror to come

And as these heavy eyes begin to close

This pervasive image shows

A killer with my hands

And as his blood runs cold he

Takes the stranger by the throat

And the hardest part has been defining the divide

Where do I decide to draw the line

Between the me that I want to be

And this monster of whom I still dream

Take what you’ve heard as a warning shot

Who can say what I am not

Can you tell me what I’m capable of

Cut them apart and the nightmare stops

Will I ever know this peace?

This will never end as long as I breath

Am I just a hopeless host?

Am I a slave to this sleepless ghost?

And will I lose what matters most to me

Most to me

What have I yet to become

Have I yet to become

What have I yet to become

What I have yet to become

What have I yet to become

Have I yet to become

What have I yet to become

What I have yet to become

I don’t recognize the man underneath

He wears the face that’s so familiar

And I can feel him cover every inch of me

I’m afraid of giving into it and the horror to come

I don’t recognize the man underneath

He wears the face that’s so familiar

And I can feel him cover every inch of me

I’m afraid of giving into it and the horror to come