so afraid to open your eyes you know too well that which awaits you something undefined there in the halflight the demon without the demon inside to plague and torment you feeling so sure feeling so uncertain that something is wrong everyone s gone and you have been left behind everyone left the demon inside do you still hear their laughter so hard to describe you never forget the faces that haunt you awake or asleep i know you can t tell unable to sleep unable to fight unwilling to wake to open your eyes to face your oppressor still you go on convinced it will end can you remember a day when it was not not like this unsure of yourself unsure of your thoughts unable to know if what you think is right or wrong still you go on convinced it will end like someone pushes a blade through your mind there on the edge where no one will find you still hearing them laugh is there no light at the end for you why is everything wrong here i am here i am with these words trying to say something i can t something i can t tell you nothing is wrong the demons they have left you you were not left behind you were not left behind so open your eyes so open your eyes unable to sleep unable to fight unwilling to wake please open your eyes for here i stand unable to tell you what i am trying to say nothing is wrong please open your eyes nothing is wrong you were not left behind