The kettle can whisper, the kettle can shout The pills can pull but they always give out Nothing can take me, and less keeps me there 'Cause sleep is a beast, polar and bare Tossing and turning awake in the night Helplessly burning up in candelight Holding on tightly to all that is real 'Cause when the dark falls, I'll burn what I feel I don't think I know How to rest in the mellow and slow I just make my bed On the storm inside my head My thoughts will stutter and my mind will race My heart is a bird and my head is a cage If I abandon hope of a key Maybe the lock will break and make free I don't think I know How to rest in the mellow and slow I just make my bed On the storm inside my head Hours and hours in the day And the rest I spend awake Hours and hours in the night It's the rest I try to fight I don't think I know How to rest in the mellow and slow I just make my bed On the storm inside my