Black Fever Sleep

[Verse 1]
I was hanging on the edge of a lot of commotion
Something tugged me, tempted me down underneath
Lapped at me like a wave from inside of an ocean
And we were gone, we both seemed so far gone

[Chorus]
And I said don't make me fall back
Don’t make me fall back
Don't make me fall into that black fever sleep

[Verse 2]
I ran through the city on a series of perilous ledges
People kept on yelling things from down below
Their words were so sharp I was tempted just to sit and count the edges
But where were you? Not even one of those people was you

[Chorus]
And I said don't make me fall back
Don’t make me fall back
Don't make me fall into that black fever sleep

[Verse 3]
Well the t.v. newsman he met my face and he shot a bulletin
Well he stared at me like he could see it cut straight through
Then he picked up the conversation like a knife that just dropped from a wound
And he said you can dig too deep to find your buried jewel

[Bridge]
And you were nowhere that I was equipped to go
But the smell of you clung to all over my clothes
I looked down from the bottom of all of my lows
And screamed please, please, please, please

[Chorus]
Don't make me fall back
Don't make me fall back
Don't make me fall into that black fever sleep