There’s a little house on a perfect little hill
Just short of a fairy tale
There’s a little child with a million ways to feel
Caught up in a hurricane
Paper thin walls
Angry words from down the hall
Something changed them
I think about him every now and again
Now there’s a ghost in the back of this room
And I don’t like it
I fall asleep with my covers pulled up
And try to fight it
I gotta say it’s hard to be brave
When you’re alone in the dark
I told myself that I wouldn’t be scared
But I’m still having nightmares
(I'm wide awake, I’m wide awake)
(I'm wide awake, I’m wide awake)
I’m still having nightmares
(I'm wide awake, I’m wide awake
I’m still having nightmares)
Every little thing got me coming back around
Digging up old memories
Always used to be the one to let it go
Kept my fears in a suitcase
I locked them away
In a place they wouldn’t find
They still haunt me
I think about it every now and again
Now there’s a ghost in the back of this room
And I don’t like it
I fall asleep with my covers pulled up
And try to fight it
I gotta say it’s hard to be brave
When you’re alone in the dark
I told myself that I wouldn’t be scared
But I’m still having nightmares
(I'm wide awake, I’m wide awake
I’m wide awake, I’m wide awake)
I’m still having nightmares
(I'm wide awake, I’m wide awake
I’m still having nightmares
I’m wide awake, I’m wide awake
I’m wide awake, I’m wide awake
I’m wide awake, I’m wide awake)
Now there’s a ghost in the back of this room
And I don’t like it
I fall asleep with my covers pulled up
And try to fight it
Now there’s a ghost in the back of this room
And I don’t like it
I fall asleep with my covers pulled up
And try to fight it
I gotta say it’s hard to be brave
When you’re alone in the dark (alone in the dark)
I told myself that I wouldn’t be scared
But I’m still having nightmares
(I'm wide awake, I’m wide awake
I’m wide awake, I’m wide awake)
I’m still having nightmares
(I'm wide awake, I’m wide awake
I’m still having nightmares)
I gotta say it’s hard to be brave
When you’re alone in the dark (alone in the dark)
I told myself that I wouldn’t be scared
But I’m still having nightmares
(I'm wide awake, I’m wide awake)
I was probably around twelve when I realized that it wasn’t normal to only be able to sleep when I heard my parents fighting in the basement... at fifteen, with my parents mid-divorce and the move out of my childhood home in full swing, I found this song and it brought back all the emotions that came with that realization. Anyone else feel me?
i had to listen to this song for weeks at a time because i cried everytime i heard it. i hate that i can relate to this song, but ot comforts me knowing that im not alone.