Cockroach Cacophony

A buzzer sounds to wake you up
And steals a dream that you thought was real
You close your eyes again feel your face with your hand
Again you dream but not the same
A different name another game
You'd like to stay: you know you can't

You leave your bed to wet your face
First water hot then water cold
You see yourself as half awake you know you're young you feel so old
And as the dark turns slow to grey
It's neither night it's neither day
You'd like to stay: you know you can't

You look away now: you look away now
You look away from all the thoughts and things
You once had dreamed you'd like to do
But all that you can think about is what's confronting you
Is all that you can think about is what's confronting you

You turn the light to find some clothes
You put them on, go to the stove
And place the water on the flame
The faucet drips into the drain
You clank a spoon inside a cup – a cigarette
You know you're up: you ask for what
You cannot say

Life oh bleeding life that labours on with every breath
And leads you reeling blindly wheeling ever closer to your death
You hear the judge and jury curse
You watch them sentence you to thirst
And as you move from womb to breast
From nothingness to nothing less

You look away now: you look away now
You look away from all the thoughts and things
You once had dreamed you'd like to do
But all that you can think about is what's confronting you
Is all that you can think about is what's confronting you

(Hi ho nobody home
No meat nor drink nor money have I none
Still I will be merry)

Go back to bed, and spend the day
Go back to sleep, and hide away
Inside a dream, through miles and miles of dreary grey
You'd like to stay: you know you can't