I'm not scared

Sometimes I close my eyes
to try to tell myself a bedtime story
A fairytale adventure
before I go drift off to sleep

Sometimes I want to fly away
from the real life I'm living
But even reality is better
than my dreams

'Cuz the shadows that I see at night
do nothing at all to move me
Nor do the creepy sounds my house makes
each time I turn my head
Even the whisper of the stars
can't do anything to soothe me
'Cuz it's not the dark I'm scared of
it's myself.

Sometimes I scare myself to sleep
sometimes I wake up screaming
From thoughts I cannot banish
and I really don't know why

Won't someone pinch me, wake me
remind me that I'm dreaming
'cuz this fairytale gone sour
is running rampant through my mind

And the shadows that I see at night
do nothing at all to move me
The creepy sounds my house makes
don't even make me turn my head
And the whisper of the stars
can't do anything to soothe me
'Cuz it's not the dark I'm scared of
it's myself.

Won't someone hear me screaming
when I call out sometime near midnight
Won't someone hear my cries
and help to chase the dark away

Shake me from this nightmare
remind me it's not real
And when it's morning
nothing scary will be there.

Sometimes I scare myself to sleep
Sometimes I wake up screaming
'Cuz I'm not scared of the dark
Just myself

And the shadows that I see at night
do nothing at all to move me
The creepy sounds my house makes
don't even make me turn my head
And the whisper of the stars
can't do anything to soothe me
'Cuz it's not the dark I'm scared of
The shadows all mean nothing,
No, it's not the dark I'm scared of
My nightmares are my suffering.
It's not the dark I'm scared of
Can you help this fear mean something?
'Cuz I'm not scared of the dark anymore,
I'm just scared of myself.