Sleepless Machine

Watch me come to life
Then suffer for my pride
Watch me open a window
Then lock myself inside
I swing and I miss
Low and behold
I'm high as a kite
There's no love lost in translation
So buy your ticket
Take the ride

Watch me constantly
Bang my head against the wall
Does it not entertain you
When my sword breaks the fall?
I'll starve
To feed
The living will of a dying breed
So come on, tell me
What's that worth to you?
So buy your ticket
Take the ride

I want it all
But I don't want a thing
A man for all seasons
I'm ready
To jump for the fall
Shoot me from your tank
It's fuel for a Sleepless Machine

Ends before the means
No hand at my controls
I'll just go through the motions
It's all mechanical
I'm too much
I'm never enough
Baited breath
Or silver tongue
Come on
Hurry up and wait for it
So buy your ticket
Take the ride
Climb the ladder
In a rising tide
Where I am and where I've been
On the air
And under the skin

I want it all
But I don't want a thing
A man for all seasons
I'm ready
To jump for the fall
Shoot me from your tank
It's fuel for a Sleepless Machine

Are we variations on a theme?
Or just parts in a machine?
Are we the dreamers of the dreams?
Or just parts in a machine?
Parts in a machine...