Stress Dreams

I've been waking up tired

I've been working for hours and I'm missing the mark

Before my day even starts

When my boy cries to me in the dark

Try to stretch it out slowly

But to start the day knowing that it ends in my bed

Soaked in sweat

All these wheels still turning in my head

I came to bitter wit's end

Three months into pure exhaustion

See what it's done to me

Not the man I used to be

I went to the greatest lengths to

Relent and give myself to rest

No luck facing these endless days half awake at best

It's harder to keep

My gaze off the floor

When rest isn't restful anymore

As if my mind is not racing

The length of the day

Oh Lord, take these stress dreams away

I've been waking up tired

I've been working for hours and I'm missing the mark

Before my day even starts

When my boy cries to me in the dark

Trying to stretch it out slowly

But to start the day knowing that it ends in my bed

Soaked in sweat

All these wheels still turning in my head

It's harder to keep

My gaze off the floor

When rest isn't restful anymore

As if my mind is not racing

The length of the day

Oh Lord, take these stress dreams away