An Unwelcome Guest

Oh, terrifying visitor
You're giving me the ongoing sensation of
Being asleep, paralysis prisoner
Through zoom hallucinations
But it's the middle of the day and I am wide awake
Oh, petrifying visitor
Your wake is starting to ache

Oh, there's a goblin sitting on my chest
An unwelcome guest that never left
Oh, there's a goblin sitting on my chest
Taking away my breath

Oh, mischievous creature
Staring me in the eyes
Do you enjoy my struggle?
The fear I feel inside?
To others, you remain unseen
While I'm stuck in the in-between
An endless state of hypnagogia
A dream where I cannot scream

Oh, there's a goblin sitting on my chest
An unwelcome guest that never left
Oh, there's a goblin sitting on my chest
Taking away
Taking away my breath

All the things that I would do
And all the places I would go
Without this burden weighing on my torso
All the things that I would do
And all the places I would go
Without this burden weighing on my torso

Oh, there's a goblin sitting on my chest
Taking away my breath