simple souvenir

I awoke
only to find my lungs empty

through the night, so it seems i'm not breathing
and now my dreams are nothing like they were meant to be

and i'm breaking down
i think i'm breaking down

i'm afraid to sleep because of what haunts me
such as living with the uncertainty
that i'll never find the words to say which would completely explain
just how i'm breaking down

someone come, someone come and save my life
maybe i'll sleep when i am dead but now it's like the night is taking sides
all the worries that occupy the back of my mind
could it be, this misery, will suffice?

i've become a simple souvenir of someone's kill
and like the sea, i'm constantly changing from calm to hell
madness fills my heart and soul as if the great divide could swallow me whole
oh, how i'm breaking down

someone come, someone come and save my life
maybe i'll sleep when i am dead but now it's like the night is taking sides
with the all the worries that occupy the back of my mind
could it be, this misery, will suffice?

[Sleeping Sickness, City and Colour]

an exquisite extreme

he drowns in his dreams
an exquisite extreme, I know
he’s as damned as he seems
and more heaven than a heart could hold

and if I try to save him
my whole world could cave in
It just ain't right, it just ain't right

Oh and I don't know
I don't know what he's after
but he's so beautiful
such a beautiful disaster
and if I could hold on
through the tears and the laughter
would it be beautiful?
Or just a beautiful disaster?

he's magic and myth, as strong as what I believe
a tragedy with more damage than a soul should see
And do I try to change him?
So hard not to blame him
Hold on tight

Oh 'cause I don't know
I don't know what he's after
but he’s so beautiful, such a beautiful disaster
and if I could hold on
through the tears and the laughter
would it be beautiful?
Or just a beautiful disaster?

I'm longing for love and the logical
but he's only happy hysterical
I'm waiting for some kind of miracle
I've waited so long
so long

he’s soft to the touch
but frayed at the end he breaks
he’s never enough and still he's more than I can take

[Beautiful Disaster, Kelly Clarkson]