All I can hear is the ticking of the clock Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock. If it were a Tell Tale Heart and I was Poe I’d rip the floorboards up for it to stop. He’s staring at me still, he hasn’t moved for a while Shouting at him to wake up, to face the world. A scary world with too much to see BANG here and CRACK there It’s not the floorboards Fires burn outside and children talk like adults Lavish parties with costumed people Animals that are given the voices of humans. People should be running, I’m backed in a corner Facing a mirror that’s bound to shatter I’m safer in here, at night time, I’m safe But the ticking of that clock is bringing about day What will happen to me if I walk in the sunlight, on the street, in the dark? I’m much better here, with Poe and his heart. Arghh get over this madness, you weak feeble man Be part of the real world, you know that you can Wishing for strength to fight off this curse Walk out of this house right now!