Do I have what it takes to make it somehow What if I fall on my face in front of the crowd And all my mistakes are reflected it shapes That appear like a self-loathing shroud And as I recede in the charm of my grief I am bound What keeps me up now And let nightmares control you and daylight expose you When the blood in your head starts to pound Its 20 til 3 and you've got a cliff to climb down What keeps me up now Remember the time you first called me out I laughed to pretend not to know what came out of your mouth But it clung on my brain like a fresh coat of paint And I fled on a train headed south And in New Orleans I wiped my mind on the town What keeps me up now And let nightmares control you and daylight expose you When the blood in your head starts to pound Its 20 til 3 and you've got a cliff to climb down What keeps me up now And I used the dope to escape where I couldn't be found And I burnt through all petty cash and bank accounts And with nothing else but a guitar and belt I hocked it and swore off the sound The belt was a noose when I came to on the ground What keeps me up now And let nightmares control you and daylight expose you When the blood in your head starts to pound Its 20 til 3 and you've got a cliff to climb down What keeps me up now