Your children sleep, you lie aware
My phantom hand runs through your hair
I long to haunt, I wish for pain
Your dreams are where I will remain
My darkened hand does clutch your soul
My shadowed eyes can drink you whole
But I must wait for you to rest
Your fears and terrors manifest
You fear the worst, I make it real
I grip the world where which you feel
I smile at your every shake
'Til once again you've come awake
I watch your eyes at every night
I know you're mine until the light
I dance the dreams and lay your fears
I own your eyes, I own your ears
Each time you wake, I see you back
Time is nigh for my attack
I'll bring your pain with flourished touch
I'll work to you where it's too much
Your mind will make it all a need
Your body will respond indeed
And there in bed you rest your eyes
You'll never wake to this surprise
Though in dreams I only see
It's in your mind where I am free
And there the kill has sweetest joy
I crush your mind in terror's ploy
You stay awake as though you know
That I am there with death in tow
I worry none, for I just wait
A budding source for all my hate
I watch your eyes grow weak and strained
I see you waste what has remained
You hope for more, another day
I always win, I get my way
Could it be worse if you would ask?
Would you have me fail in my task?
That you may be killed so many ways
Accident, torture, or general malaise?
In your sleep you die relaxed
No quickened heart, no sharpened axe
Dancing in dreams, I am most free
Rest your eyes... come back to me
