I have to stay awake
My dreams I can not take
My eyes must remain open
You're the one I put my hope in

In the dark
I can see your eyes on me
I can hear your gentle breathing
I can see old memories

I don't want to close my eyes
Because I see heaven in the skies
The beauty that was love
Torn down like the walls of Jericho

My mind keeps playing games on me
I close my eyes and you I see
But how can it still be
I give a desperate plea

I'm drifting away
I know I need to stay
But I start to weep
I want some sleep

You were a dream to me
The best dream there could ever be
I'm still waiting
So it's me you're hating

When I wake I must confess
I know I will be a mess
So I need to stay awake
So my heart does not break

I will not fake
My feelings will quake
When I drift off to sleep
My heart will lay in a heap

Broken and shattered
Care and hope are splatered
Everything mattered
But now I'm tattered

But I will stay awake
All through the day
And all through the night
I will not sleep and let you fade away