Cold dead of night while the Moon is still hanging High up above our heads The moment has come and so long I've been waiting To have this nightmare end Release me, oh let this be done Shake me from this slumber holding me Wake me from its grip, oh won't you please Bring me back to where I'm longing to be? Open my eyes, remind me of my better days Turn on the light, come pick me up, whisk me away Open up my eyes Still breath of day floating just out before me Barely beyond my touch Ever so close but a captive to dreaming Deep as the fever comes Release me oh let this be done Shake me from this slumber holding me Wake me from its grip, oh won't you please Bring me back to where I'm longing to be? Open my eyes, remind me of my better days Turn on the light, come pick me up, whisk me away Open up my eyes Open my eyes, remind me of my better days Turn on the light, come pick me up, whisk me away Open up my eyes