Insomnia
Risk
1999
Duration: 4:16
Track number: 1
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
A track about the torment of chronic **insomnia**, where the narrator is haunted by past mistakes and guilt, preventing them from finding peace. The lack of sleep leads to confusion and heightened internal voices.
Lyrics
I'm running in quicksand
Something's haunting me
The guilty past I've buried
My mind won't let me sleep
I'll do anything for peace, I keep waking up
A solemn oath I make
Cross my heart please let me sleep I keep waking up
How much more do I take
My head is talking to me
I don't know what it needs
But the loudest voice
Is the one I heed
**Insomnia**, my swollen bloodshot eyes
**Insomnia**, awake till morning light
**Insomnia**, stirring deep inside
**Insomnia**, somebody turn out the lights
I, I, I can't sleep
I, I, I **insomnia**
I'm twisting and turning, I keep waking up
The madness I must tame
My candle is burning, I keep waking up
Both ends again today
The whole house is creaking
I know they're out there
The things kept from sight
I beg to the shadows
I can't sleep
**Insomnia**, footsteps on the walk
**Insomnia**, I hear someone knock
**Insomnia**, I wish it was a dream
**Insomnia**, can you hear me scream
I can't sleep
**Insomnia**, my swollen bloodshot eyes
**Insomnia**, awake till morning light
**Insomnia**, stirring deep inside
**Insomnia**, somebody turn out the lights
(I keep waking up) **insomnia**, **insomnia**, **insomnia**
**Insomnia** I, I, I
**Insomnia** I can't sleep, I can't sleep
**Insomnia** I, **insomnia**
I can't sleep,I can't sleep,I can't sleep





