Alarm Goes Off

[intro] [catchy melody] [verse] alarm keeps going off I snooze it For one brief moment lost I'm lucid and in that state of non-confusion I get a taste of truth beyond illusion I can see with a clarity of vision But fitting in with the parody I'm living right then is when my reality kicks in And I wake to the weight of my decisions [Counterpoint] And then the moment's gone and I get going Pretend I'm strong won't stop or slow it put my mask on so I'm not showing that something's wrong although I know it [Bridge] And my day plays out in the same old lame mundane way that my days all do And I'm left to try and figure out why I feel the same old deja vu [Pre-chorus] If I could tell the real from fake I wouldn't ache with every breath of air I breathe in I wonder if I might not be awake A dreamer left unaware they're sleeping [Chorus] and in the air aloft I swear it's soft But I can hear it beeping somewhere far off alarm goes off And I stay lost as I keep sleeping And it's my cross to bare the cost unfair to share the secrets I've been keeping somewhere far off alarm goes off And I stay lost asleep and dreaming [refrain] somewhere far off alarm goes off And I stay lost as I keep sleeping [interlude] [verse] It's this persistent feeling an insistent sense I'm missing something I hurl myself against the wall but all in all it all amounts to nothing so alarm goes off and I get going another day lost floating away unknowing I hold on to this hope I'm holding to find a line a rope unfolding [Bridge] And I'll define the way to shake myself and wake up from this purgatory and I'll be somebody else who's rested and ready to design their story [Pre-chorus] If I could tell the real from fake I'd lead myself away from what's misleading But I'm afraid I might not be awake Lost astray and unaware I'm sleeping [Chorus] Cause in the air aloft I swear its soft But I can hear it beeping somewhere far off alarm goes off And I stay lost as I keep sleeping And it's my cross to bare the cost unfair to share the secrets I've been keeping somewhere far off alarm goes off And I stay lost asleep and dreaming [refrain] somewhere far off alarm goes off And I stay lost as I keep sleeping [outro] it's there aloft the air it's so soft but I swear I hear it beep beep beeping somewhere far off alarm goes off And I stay lost asleep and dreaming [end] [Pre-chorus] If I could tell the real from fake I'd lead myself away from what's misleading But I'm afraid I might not be awake Just a dreamer unaware they're sleeping [Chorus] And in the air aloft I swear its soft But I can hear it beeping somewhere far off alarm goes off And I stay lost as I keep sleeping And it's my cross to bare the cost unfair to share the secrets I've been keeping somewhere far off alarm goes off And I stay lost asleep and dreaming [refrain] somewhere far off alarm goes off And I stay lost as I keep sleeping [interlude] [outro] And it's there aloft the air its soft but I swear I hear it beep beep beeping somewhere far off alarm goes off And I stay lost asleep and dreaming [end]