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Equilibrium, lost  

cry out loud  

can i please just sleep, well

lull-a-byes printed in my mind

hush, little baby, don't

say a word 

i can’t say goodnight to you, for 

then you'll fall  a sleep, like 

everyone else and i  

need someone to stay awake with me  

come to me slowly, like a dream, we  

can rise to the moon, come to me so  

i'll finally fall asleep,  come, are  you scared,  

don't be  

do you know what stars look like? upclose 

have you ever seen tears dry under the light of water?  

maybe this night is peaceful for you but 

i'm in torment, 

 

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i  hope 

i fall asleep soon 

candlewax dripping gently to the bottom of the brass dish, 

face centimeters away, fading away  

on the comet of a longly awaited dreamless dream  

when the night grows dawnlike  

and sun peeks behind hills, casting day on me again 

i hope you're still there 

close my eyes, let 

me see  

what sleep looks like  

behind a mirror,  sing a lullaby, hush 

littlebaby, don't 

say a word 

and I,  

I will go to you one day  

like the morning frost brushing past your lips, I  

Promise you