Lyrics

[Verse 1] Do I have what it takes to make it somehow What if I fall on my face in front of the crowd And all my mistakes are reflected in shapes That appear like a self-loathing shroud And as I recede in the charm of my grief I am bound What keeps me up now [Chorus] And let nightmares control you and daylight expose you When the blood in your head starts to pound Its 20 til 3 and you've got a cliff to climb down What keeps me up now [Verse 2] Remember the time you first called me out I laughed to pretend not to know what came out of your mouth But it clung on my brain like a fresh coat of paint And I fled on a train headed south And in New Orleans I wiped my mind on the town What keeps me up now [Chorus] And let nightmares control you and daylight expose you When the blood in your head starts to pound Its 20 til 3 and you've got a cliff to climb down What keeps me up now [Verse 3] And I used the dope to escape where I couldn't be found And I burnt through all petty cash and bank accounts And with nothing else but a guitar and belt I hocked it and swore off the sound The belt was a noose when I came to on the ground What keeps me up now [Chorus] And let nightmares control you and daylight expose you When the blood in your head starts to pound Its 20 til 3 and you've got a cliff to climb down What keeps me up now