Alfred C. Martino: Singer/Songwriter/Novelist
  • Home
  • Songs
    • Original Songs >
      • You're Like A Permanent Flu
      • We'll Fly Together
      • My Die-For Girl
      • Partial To Roses
      • Kiss Like A Whisper
      • Hitman
      • Darla Jean Fontaine
      • Wake No More
      • Dashboard Blue
      • You Used To Be Mine
      • Forgotten Man's Manifesto
      • Camille
      • Jesus In the Sun
      • Curse At The Sky
      • Hollywood Girl
      • What’s It Like (To Be In Love)?
      • A Rainbow Ain't Nothin' But Colored Light
      • Keep Breathing
    • Instrumental Versions >
      • A Rainbow Ain't Nothin' But Colored Light (Instrumental Version)
      • Camille (Instrumental Version)
      • Celestial Crossing (Instrumental)
      • Darla Jean Fontaine (Instrumental Version)
      • Dashboard Blue (Instrumental Version)
      • Hitman (Instrumental Version)
      • Hollywood Girl (Instrumental Version)
      • Jesus In the Sun (Instrumental Version))
      • Keep Breathing (Instrumental Version)
      • Kiss Like A Whisper (Instrumental Version)
      • My Die-For Girl (Instrumental Version)
      • Partial To Roses (Instrumental Version)
      • Wake No More (Instrumental Version)
      • We'll Fly Together (Instrumental Version)
      • What’s It Like To Be In Love? (Instrumental Version)
      • You're Like A Permanent Flu
      • You Used To be Mine (Instrumental Version)
    • Lyrics >
      • Die With My Boots On
      • The Day Ends Darkly
      • Manor Of My Mind
      • 'Til I Crumble Into Dust
      • Dolores Sang Farewell
      • I'm Your Babe, Not Your Baby
      • Calling My Name
      • Girl Warrior
  • Live Performances
  • Novels
    • Pinned
    • Over the End Line
    • Perfected by Girls
  • Short Stories
    • A Cowboy's Journey
    • A Day At The Beach
    • Breathing In Rio
    • Grad School Daydreams
    • I Have Never Been Murdered
    • Mother, Interrupter
    • Quiet Desperation
    • Requiem For An Athlete
    • The Athlete
    • The Day Ends Darkly, A Musical Tale From the American West
    • The Boy And Girl: A Parable
    • The Date
    • Waiting For A Friend
    • Where Am I?
  • Plays & More
    • Plays >
      • Waiting For A Friend
    • Articles >
      • AVP Beach Volleyball Tournaments
      • CIF Girls Soccer State Final
      • El Segundo's Local Economy
      • El Segundo: Sportstown, USA
      • Jill Barad: CEO, Mattel
      • Mira Costa Football
      • Olympic Trials Runner
      • Pro Beach Volleyball Player Laurie Ruser
    • Essays & Letters >
      • Duke Magazine
      • Hoboken Progress
      • Library Journal
    • Poetry
  • Author Visits
  • Blog
  • PRACTICE
.
Picture
Amazon
Apple
Deezer
PANDORA
Spotify
Wake No More

Wake no more!​

Can’t fight the virus
Spreadin' in my brain
Can’t cage the beast
Drivin' me insane
Hellish storms within me
Rivers of blood are my eye’s veins

The demons inside me
Are having their fun
I'm shoved to the corner
With nowhere to run
While fingers claw at my skull
Could be theirs, could be mine, I’m done

Savage night remains
Delights in disease
Retching in the shadows
I drop to my knees
And shiver in the acid rain
It’s got a hold, help please

I know you?
Go away)

Talking to me?
Got nothing to say)

Where am I?
(What’s today?)

Who’s asking?
(I’m okay)

Everything’s fine
(What’s today?)

What’re you asking?
(Who’s to say?)

Think I’m alive?
(Another day)

Gotta go
(Can’t stay)

Wake no more!
Wake no more!
Wake no more!

Flowing information
Feeds poison streams
Media, law, detachment
What the hell do I mean?
Time to take my place
Social misfit better left unseen
 
Kicked to the curb
Not that it matters
Mob-rule desire
Humanity shattered
Flushed down a sewer
Veil of truth ripped in tatters
 
Confusion from unknowing
My time is well past late
Freedom-deficient life
Determined my fate
Hope they place me gently
Beneath a cold, granite slate

Wake no more!
Wake no more!
Wake no more!

Wake no more!


2025 Alfred C. Martino
​Registered with BMI

#lyrics #wakenomore #songlyrics #alfredcmartino
Click to set custom HTML