Screaming from Sunbleach by Nick Costa

In the screaming night
With the sky so blue it’s black
I find a little summer
The simmering heat
The cool of that ol’ AC
Shaking the sill of the window

That creep that knows my name
They’re always watching
They’ll follow me home
That creature that smells the kill
Won’t stop hunting
‘Til they get their fill
I’m screaming now

My baby shakes me
Like I’m chock full of cobwebs
Trying to get my attention

Saying that creep don’t know my name
“They’re non-existent
It was all in a dream
With the way you were crying out
I had to save you
You’re safe with me
You don’t have to hide
That faceless ghost
Ain’t gonna find you”

I drift back to sleep
Dream of shifting city streets
A clusterfuck countryside
And the coolest of breeze

Saying "that creep don’t know my name
They’re non-existent
It was all a bad dream”
What in the fuck was my brain
Trying to tell me?
Oh man, I can be so mean

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