And Still I Sleep

Sometimes the dreams are all too real
I know not whether to embrace them or flee
Past, present, future -- too many choices
Where the mind and heart so often collide
Life should be simple, but existence is so complex
Tormented, sophisticated banter between gods and demons
So many disguises--this is happiness?
Life may be beautiful if the day can't drag you down
Yet it always does--in its deceptive grandeur
It should all be so easy, but it never is
Never can be, never will, so why fight the inevitable
Know too much is a bath in poison
Put on a happy face while standing on my head
In my dreams, I hear the worst, the real
Of an unforgiving world, every true world
And I freely invite darkness
Into the bastion of my weakly guarded dreams
...And still I sleep...