Counting backward on the table Under sheets of acid rain Pressing forward double vision As I watch the first incision Played the piper now it's time to collect As I watch the drip drop drip, tick tock tick This morphine ain't kickin' in yet All these songs about sleep and I can't catch a wink For the life of me just put me back down I've gone to far and I feel nothing I've come too far to not feel something Body frozen flesh in wait Leering, searing mess of pain Nod out for a single second Smell of smoke and right back in it Played the piper now it's time to collect As I watch the drip drop drip, tick tock tick This morphine ain't kickin' in yet All these songs about sleep and I can't catch a wink For the life of me just put me back down I've gone to far and I feel nothing I've come too far to not feel something