The Old Witch Sleep and the Good Man Grace

There's a fire burning, and I'm learning to be So much more than my tiredness So much more than that old witch sleep wishes She kisses my eyelids And I breathe You don't have to be brilliant She says as she scrolls Through the rolls that the millions Of hollering hollow folk know how to play, it's okay They're just shadows searching for light They can't stay Sleep now, oh, she says Tomorrow's jokes have yet to be laughed at or said Just rest now, she moans Then the hollow folk come, pour me wine by my bed And their dead hollers hum at the things that I've said And say no, no, no, no 'Cause you are in the earth of me You are in the earth of me My head's not yours, it's mine 'Cause you are in the earth of me Somehow now I'm drinking, and I'm lifting my glass To that last good man grace Who has left me, he's left me at last And I laugh, and I laugh 'Cause laughing right now, it's all, all that I have "You're better than this" He says as a hand slaps my face and I stand And say, "No good man grace" I can't do this (you can) I can't do this (you can) I can't do this (you can) I can't do this, you don't understand Oh, sleep now, oh, she pleads You're not a coward 'cause you cower You're brave because they broke you Yet broken still you breathe So breathe, breathe, just breathe Then the hollow folk pour me another shard full of glass And I toast to their talents and I forgive them at last 'Cause I know, oh, I know, I know You are in the earth of me You are in the earth of me My head's not yours, it's mine And I'll take my fucking time 'Cause I know, I know, I know Let's bury this I'm all yours, but you're all mine Let's dance together, you and I 'Cause I'm not trapped with you, you see You're the one who's trapped with me 'Cause I've been here so many times before Don't you think I look pretty Curled up on this bathroom floor? But where you see weakness, I see wit Sometimes I fall to pieces Just to see what bits of me don't fit 'Cause I when I stand oh those folks will run And tell the tales of what I've become They'll speak of me, oh in whispered tones And say my name like it shakes their bones 'Cause we'll dance together so close we're sharing breath But now I'm leading, doesn't that just scare you to death? 'Cause I'm all yours, you're all mine Let's dance together, you and I 'Cause I'm not trapped, oh with you, you see You're the one who's trapped with me 'Cause you are in the earth of me You are in the earth of me My head's not yours, it's mine And I'll take my fucking time 'Cause I know, I know, I know