Insomnia

That time always rolls around when I know that I should be sleeping, but am wide awake.  I smoke a cigarette as though it's going to sooth me to sleep, instead, it makes my breath taste stale to the point where I need to brush my teeth.  So I brush my teeth.  Now I'm feeling so fresh and clean, it wakes me up... So I watch movies or surf the internet for a few hours until I can see the sun rising.  Crap.  So I try to close my eyes, but other senses intensify.  I can hear the clock ticking in the apartment above mine.  I can hear the birds start to chirp outside.  I can still smell cigarette on my hands and in my hair.  Brr... It's cold, now I have to get re-situated.  Eyes are open again, so I continue to watch movies, or play games, or surf the internet or stare at the ceiling fan.  Then I start to think about how I really should wipe off the fan blades, I'm sure there's at least an inch of dust on it by now.  I'll have to remember to do that tomorrow... I'll never remember, so I grab my phone and set an alert, "Clean up you dirty bitch" is what it says and it will go off at approximately 2:30 PM.  I'm sure that I will still have my phone on silent though and I really don't have enough time to do it after class, before work... So I set it for a later time.  Now I notice how high the stack of clothes is getting... need to do laundry.  I can multitask, do an assignment while doing some laundry and during a break from homework I can clean the fan blades.  Perfect.  Now that I have that figured out, I need to smoke a cigarette, maybe nicotine will help stop my thinking and help me sleep.

Brain Stew - Green Day