Night Terrors

What I see at night is messing with me Is messing with me, is messing with me I'm always yelling in my sleep Because my dreams Are littered with torment, and screams So people start checking on me, and stressing on me And all this weight starts pressing on me Back to the mother fucking point I wake up exhausted, with pain in my joints Attacked again by my illusion, delusion The rot of arrogance brought out by this lucid This lucid Waking up and my body starts to spasm Then my bodies paralyzed, and I'm staring in the eyes Of something so dark I couldn't ever fathom This phantasm It's plunging me deeper into this chasm So everyone suggests I be stronger But he, has control over me Why do you think I'm dealing with everything so anxiously? What I see at night is messing with me Stressing on me I'm always yelling in my sleep Cause my dreams Are filled with torment, and shrill screams So everybody is checking on me, and stressing for me If you cut my flesh, you'd see everybody's fucking problems bleed Everyone suggests I be stronger Natural death come take me so I'm here no longer

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

Gotta find something to keep me up Shaking from the uppers in my cup Out on my feet, ready to drop About to slip into an unconscious rut There's an intruder, intruder! My dreams have evolved into something much cruder It's an invasion By something that's my own creation It's built up so much frustration That I have lost my last salvation Suddenly I open my eyes Only to see the intruder at my bedside I'd scream, no sound, I already tried I can't even move a muscle to hide or fight I open, my eyes, only to see the intruder at my bedside I open my eyes, everything just freezes And my bodies paralyzed Now the demon does what he pleases I gotta find something to keep me up I'm shaking from the uppers in my cup Out on my feet, ready to drop About to slip into an unconscious rut There's an intruder, an intruder Gotta find something to keep me up Shaking from the uppers in my cup Out on my feet, ready to drop About to slip into an unconscious rut There's an intruder, intruder My dreams have evolved into something much cruder Once again, I open my eyes And there he is right at my bedside There's an intruder, intruder I'd scream, no sound, I've already tried I think I'll just close my eyes

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

My mind's gone, my mind's gone My body still standing But my soul's left Now life's so cold My glows not so bold My mind's gone My body's barely standing But my soul's left A man once whole Who's lost his poor soul Grey, dull, dumbed, and numb I want to replace everything That's all burnt out It slows me from becoming the man I've wanted to become Cause I'm grey, dull, blunt, and numb I feel disgraced, from my distaste I just hope this'll leave one day But for now here I am Hands dug in my face Aimlessly searching For the soul that I've misplaced Life is so cold My glows not so bold A man once whole Who lost his poor soul Now life's so cold Life's, so cold My body's not so bold A man once whole Who's lost his poor soul

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

Listen! You can't keep telling me that Everything is gonna be fine I'm sick & fucking tired Of hearing this shit I'm sick of everybody's shit! Of my own shit! Because of shit! It's not just gonna change overnight I'm not just gonna change overnight! Stop telling me it's all in my fucking head Cause it's not all in my head! It's me, I feel like, like it's all of me It's fucking disgusting Nobody understands it Nobody understands what I see Nobody understands... Nobody understands me, not even myself

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

Please don't lay me down to sleep Or else my soul won't be to keep Life draining while you're beneath Beneath your sweat stained sheets My disorder Grows stronger I have control no longer I want to explain my misery but everyone suggests that I be stronger I'm a dead beat The longer I sleep The lesser that my souls to keep Natural death come take me You can see the callous on my hands and feet From me clawing at my skin, to let the terrors bleed Let the terrors bleed, let this filth secrete Natural death be the catalyst that takes me The DMT is rotting through my brain and it breaks me, it breaks me Now I've just learned to dread sleep Cause I'm a dead beat From me clawing at my head, I said I'm a dead beat Still dead in the head and it turns out I'm a dead beat Forever will I dread sleep It's from the same stench that lingers I've taken so much damage, that now I'm pointing fingers Please don't lay me down to sleep Or else my soul won't be to keep Life draining while you're beneath Beneath your sweat stained sheets I try and I try, to get a brief moment of peace But my disorder keeps all my happiness, dull and brief Well now I dread sleep, from my disorder I have control no longer I want to explain my misery but everyone suggests I have a A sleep disorder I have control no longer It's safe to say, I guess I have a A sleep disorder, sleep disorder

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

You can't just change over night They say it's all in my head So just relax, alright? That's what they always say They're just getting sick of my shit So they push me away It's not like I want this for the rest of my life But I know if I recover I know There are signs of damage I'm a fucking burnout, a deadhead Being pulled along by, I'm dreading What put me in this position? I've given false hope For even thinking I could cope With all these dark epiphanies Where I realize something's wrong with me You can't just change over night They say it's all in my head So just relax, alright? That's what they always say They're just getting sick of my shit So they push me away It's not like, I want this for the rest of my life But I know if I recover I know There are signs of damage I'm a fucking burnout, a deadhead Being pulled along by, I'm dreading What put me in this position? I've given false hope For even thinking I could cope With all these dark epiphanies Where I realize something's wrong with me You can't just change over night They say it's all in my head So just relax, alright? That's what they always say They're just getting sick of my shit, so they push me away It's not like I want this for the rest of my life But I know if I recover I know There are signs of damage And all day long I'd worry about everybody but myself To keep me from thinking so miserably And all day long The terrors fissure through my flesh And bring out a selfish empathy Well now all day Because my terrors have caused decay I've become so selfish, I push everybody away My dark epiphanies where I realize something's wrong Wrong with me

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026