Cockroach Cacophony Lyrics

A buzzer sounds to wake you up

And steals a dream that you thought was real

You close your eyes again

Feel your face with your hand, again you dream

But not the same

A different name, another game

You’d like to stay, you know you can’t



You leave your bed to wet your face

First water hot then water cold

You see yourself as half awake

You look so young you feel so old

And as the dark turns slow to gray

It’s neither night it’s neither day

You’d like to stay, you know you can’t



You look away now, look away now

You look away from all the thoughts and things you once dreamed you’d like to do

But all that you can think about is what’s confronting you

Is all that you can think about is what’s confronting you?



You turn the light to find some clothes

You put them on to go to the stove

You place some water on the flame

The faucet drips into the drain

You clank a spoon inside a cup

A cigarette you know you’re up

You ask for what you cannot say



Life oh bleeding life

Which labors on with every breath

And takes you reeling, blindly wheeling

Even closer to your death

You hear the judge and jury curse

You watch them sentence you to thirst

And as you move from womb to breast

From nothingness to nothingness



You look away now, look away now

You look away from all the thoughts and things you once dreamed you’d like to do

But all that you can think about is what’s confronting you

Is all that you can think about is what’s confronting you?



You leave your bed to wet your face

First water hot then water cold

You see yourself as half awake

You look so young you feel so old

And as the dark turns slow to gray

It’s neither night it’s neither day

You’d like to stay, you know you can’t



You look away now, look away now

You look away from all the thoughts and things you once dreamed you’d like to do

But all that you can think about is what’s confronting you

Is all that you can think about is what’s confronting you?



Hi ho, nobody home

No meat, no drink, nor money have I none

Still I will be merry