Dead Asleep

Album: Parasomnia (2025)
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  • In a waterside village
    In the heat of July
    A man and his wife settled down for the night
    In the morning, he woke to a horrible sight

    It's all just so tragic, an unusual case
    The violent result of a fatal mistake
    How can he be to blame?
    He was never awake

    Wake up
    What have I done?
    I was dead asleep
    Wake up
    Can you send someone?
    I'm not insane, I was dead asleep

    Scrambling in the darkness, in fear for his life
    Certain a killer broke in
    He fumbles for a weapon, reaches for a knife
    A sleepwalking murder begins

    It was a vivid encounter, a realistic fight
    And now he's got blood on his hands
    He stands over the body, sees it's his wife
    A nightmare he can't understand

    I must confess, it was me
    I needed to silence the screams
    She suffered a brutal attack
    A shockingly violent act

    Wake up
    What have I done?
    I was dead asleep
    Wake up
    Can you send someone?
    I'm not insane, I was dead asleep

    Out of my mind, out of my body
    Someone's been killed, I am sorry
    Out of control, all out of answers
    Maybe one day you'll forgive me

    Wake up
    What have I done?
    I was dead asleep
    I must have been dreaming
    I have no memory of anything

    We strongly suspect you're feeling a sense of despair
    No one knows of the guilt that you bear
    In the eyes of the law, you are free
    You are innocent Writer/s: John P Petrucci, John Ro Myung, Jordan Charles Rudess, Kevin James La Brie, Michael Anthony Mangini
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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