Sleepwraith

[Intro]
Eyes shut tight… it still finds me.
No peace. No night. Just memory.

[Verse 1]
It crawls through cracks in REM-state void,
Feeding on the sleep destroyed.
A shadow stitched in old regret,
Breathing truths I can’t forget.

Limbs go numb — I cannot scream,
Frozen in this broken dream.
Its voice is mine, but laced with ice,
Repeating guilt as sacrifice.

[Pre-Chorus]
I beg the dark to leave me whole,
But it just whispers what I stole…

[Chorus]
Sleepwraith, you haunt my breath,
A parasite that mimics death.
You wear my face, you know my name —
And feed me back my hidden shame.

Sleepwraith, you never tire,
You forge your throne in neural fire.
Each time I fall, you rise again —
A demon dressed in phantom skin.

[Verse 2]
It counts the seconds that I lost,
And dreams in echoes, sharp as frost.
Behind my lids, it builds a cage,
Constructed from my buried rage.

No rest remains, no silence near,
Only the shape of sleeping fear.
The darker thoughts I push away…
It makes them live. It makes them stay.

[Bridge]
I can’t wake up
I can't descend
There’s no escape
It has no end…

[Final Chorus]
Sleepwraith, you wear my pain,
A godless ghost inside my brain.
You twist my nights into decay,
And turn my light to disarray.

Sleepwraith, I see you clear —
You are the voice behind the fear.
But even if I break your spell…
I dream in you… I sleep in hell.

Rock, cinematic and progressive metal, male, blend of melodic singing & screams, explosive choruses