Hey, wake up You really ought to sleep Bow to daylight The character of fiend But here in the night, the starkest light preys on everyone Ears to the ground, lines are down Forty winks till' you're gone Hey, say uncle They'll wipe you with the floor all day long Non-believers believe in something more But here in the night, the starkest light preys on everyone Painful pretense, indifference Pretending you're numb But here in the night, the starkest light preys on everyone Lucid, deranged, elusive stage Children basking in the midnight sun Counting backwards to a zero sum