A silent sleeping vampire, arisen from its gravenAs I lie still and quiet in the darknThe only sign of breathing, a flicker on my skinnThe only sign of life, my beathing heartnWhat does it take to open my eyes?nWhat does it take to register surprise?nWhat does it take to feel joy?nWhat does it take to feel pain?nFloors creak but doors are stillnI've read all the books about being illnI know the truth and truth knows I'm rightnOne day you'll fear me in the nightnnA drowning man sees daylightnComing up for air…nI've been working hard for thisnAll my life and I like it this waynnI know they're staking out my housenThat's why I'm quiet like a mousenI don't know love but I know what's rightnI feel my sickness every nightnMy tv fills my world with lightn24 hours of second sightnI talk to God on my stationnHe gives me secret informationnnA drowning man sees daylightnComing up for air…nI've been working hard for thisnAll my life and I like it this waynnMother, suffocate menMother, suffocate menThere's no way out of herenIt's tearing me apartnThere's no way out of herenThere's no way out of herenMother, suffocate menThere's no way out of herenThere's no way out of herenNo-no-no way out of here