Casting Shadows

I think I've been asleep too long I think I've been asleep since June 2000 Hey now, holding on too tight But suddenly my eyelids bounce And suddenly my eyes break open Gasp for air now I'm blinded by the light But I don't like the way it's so fluorescent And I don't like the way it jumps out at me Casting shadows in the... I think I've been awake too long I think I've been awake since the sun rose yesterday morning But now it's going down So God, if you're awake right now So God, if you're awake Send me just one more moment Slow me down somehow 'Cause I can't take the way the time is passing And I can't take the way it always mocks me Casting shadows on my life I'm signing on the dotted line And I can see the vultures circling my future As it's going by They've got me working 9 to 5 They've got me in a life I settled for Surrendered and never satisfied How can I force my heart out of their talons? 'Cause if I let them get too close They'll scavenge on the shell of who I am And it's killing me Every second that I've wasted now Comes back to haunt me It haunts me, la la la So give me time to breathe And let me hear the rhythm I've been drowning out And let the music keep my heart in time I know I've been asleep too long And I don't want to wake to find I've lost my chances And I'm already gone So catch me if I fall behind And catch me if the time goes so fast that I falter And I'm back at square one 'Cause I don't want to waste another second So I'll be ready when the shadows get me But they won't get me tonight