It's what I tell myself when I'm down When there's no one to hold my head above ground When my pulse drowns out this empty town It's what I tell myself when I'm down I'm all I need around It feels like I'm headed upstream again Fell back on habits and has-beens Should I just give up? Should I just give in? I'm alive A fool would be unsatisfied But I see knives and storm clouds when I close my eyes I just can't stand all the monsters in my head They tell me "stay asleep" They tell me "stay asleep" A thousand tiny teeth are sinking in Peel the skin 'til it bleeds Peel the skin 'til it bleeds From the top of this mountain I live on My only view is all I've done wrong It plays over and over again in my head in my head in my head So I live with these monsters under my bed They tell me "stay asleep" They tell me "stay asleep" I have to fight to keep my eyes open Peel the skin til it bleeds Peel the skin