(Hook) (2x) - "You wake up from a nightmare, and as you lie there, you cry tears, feelin' paranoid and confused, try to fight fear, but you quite scared, yo eyes stare, at the knob on the door in your room, to get ya mind clear, look in the nights air, and recite prayers, hopin' that the Lord el' come through, case of bad dreams, case of bad dreams, I don't know about you but I've got a case of bad dreams"
"Last night I woke up sweatin' breathin heavily because I had a dream, but I can't recall most of what went on all I remember is screamin' in agony, the devil wanna be ahead in this game of life but he losin' so he wanna try to snatch my peace, talkin' all type of trash in my ear and it's gettin' to me now I'm afraid of goin' back to sleep, both hands on my head squinting up at God because I'm lost and confused with a clouded vision, not a perfect person never served for murder done everything right to stay outta prison, not a selfish prick always helped the sick all I've ever showed people was altruism, but no matter what good that I do in life I always end up somehow the victim, and these nightmares that strike fear why they always trynna take me down a darkened road, that's somethin' I can't worry about only the devil and my heavenly father know, cause if I stress then depression el' crowd my mind and send a message that'll pressure my heart and soul, to say adios....then I spark the fo (4), and blow my skull into particles, and if that don't work dig much deeper and I cut into my own damn vane with a sword, keep a straight face but scream out loud so you'll know that it hurts by the pain in my voice, take a trip to the hospital wake then funeral before it's said and done and I lay in the morgue, would I do that to myself is this real or is it all just a nightmare like what I say in the chorus?"
(Hook) (2x) - "You wake up from a nightmare, and as you lie there, you cry tears, feelin' paranoid and confused, try to fight fear, but you quite scared, yo eyes stare, at the knob on the door in your room, to get ya mind clear, look in the nights air, and recite prayers, hopin' that the Lord el' come through, case of bad dreams, case of bad dreams, I don't know about you but I've got a case of bad dreams"
"Last night I woke up sweatin' breathin' heavily because I had a dream, but I can't recall most of what went on all I remember is screamin' in agony, tried to run across the floor out the door then I stopped cause I didn't have any feeling past my knees, probably cause the road that I planned to take...would've ended up the wrong path for me, I don't know maybe somethin' like the river 3 blocks from my crib jump in and try to drown myself, I'm feelin' like that cause I be feelin' like crap when it seems everything I do I'm bound to fail, later that day...I ran into some guidance glad that I finally found some help, but didn't get no where cause all we did was argue bout' my future as I listened to my counselor yell, I came for some help but you wanna argue meaning that you failed to accommodate, I asked for advice about a simple situation that you decided to complicate, now you gettin' on my nerves all loud in my ear got a migraine so I can't concentrate, and then I contemplate...on leavin' I been here since 5 so it's gettin' kinda late, back at home I'm thinkin' bout' layin' back down on my mattress my bed is waitin', but then I remember.. that sleep is the cousin to anything death-related, stood there silent....right when I was bout' to hit the sheets then I hesitated, cause every time I wake up from a nightmare feels like that I'm layin' right next to Satan"
(Hook) (2x) - "You wake up from a nightmare, and as you lie there, you cry tears, feelin' paranoid and confused, try to fight fear, but you quite scared, yo eyes stare, at the knob on the door in your room, to get ya mind clear, look in the nights air, and recite prayers, hopin' that the Lord el' come through, case of bad dreams, case of bad dreams, I don't know about you but I've got a case of bad dreams"
"This mornin' I woke up sweatin' breathin' heavily because I had a dream, but I can't recall most of what went on all I remember is screamin' in agony, had this crazy feelin' felt like some hands on my shoulders were grabbin' me, with every bit of strength I tried to sit up straight but the hands pulled me down like gravity, it wasn't physical but it was spiritual I looked up at the wall seen Jesus' face, and then I asked him this.. "what I gotta do to keep all these gruesome dreams away"?, I know I been stubborn in the past never listened but I promise I'll follow if you lead the way, he said "I can give you peace and grace....but first...you gotta hit your knees and pray" so I did!"
