Can't Sleep

A more literal choice tonight.... pretty self explanatory!  I have had such awful insomnia this week due to some pain that we think might be the lateral edge of my scapula coming 'unstuck' at the bottom.  This would really be a good thing because that has been the point of all my drug-enabled-therapy, but it also means that one tiny fraction is coming unstuck and the rest seems stuck still, and the muscles have no strength in them, so it feels like one edge of my scapula is trying to constantly pull away from my body but all the other muscles are not strong enough to "hold" so instead it's just pain and pulling and burning and much unpleasantness...

It really has been keeping me awake so I've resorted to all combinations of drugs that seem to work sometimes, then not others.  I am sure I would feel much better if I could just get some sleep - so, thank you Morven, this song is perfect!

"Sleep"

Spend my nights howlin' at the moon,

Never wake before noon,

When the sun, it rises,

Oh, it always rises soon,

'Cause I spend my nights howlin' at the moon, yeah,

I never get sleep, sleep, sleep,

No, I just reach, rea-, reach,

I can feel it on the ends of my fingers,

And taste it on the tips of my teeth,

So you see why I never get sleep,

(I can't get no sleep,

Don't know why,

I can't get no sleep,

Don't know why,

I can't get no sleep,

Don't know why,)

Spend my night shootin' at the stars, yeah,

Tryin' to change the world with this guitar,

And I know it's a long shot, but it's working out so far,

So I spend my nights shootin' at the stars, hey,

I never get sleep, sleep, sleep,

No, I just reach, rea-, reach,

I can feel it on the ends of my fingers,

And taste it on the tips of my teeth,

So you see why I never get sleep,

I can't get no sleep (never get sleep),

Don't know why,

I can't get no sleep (never get sleep),

Don't know why,

I can't get no sleep (never get sleep),

Don't know why,

I can't get no sleep,

(Count sheep),

I've already tried,

(Drink whiskey),

It makes my throat too dry,

(Smoke weed),

It makes my eyes all red,

(Take a pill, Al),

What, and end up dead?

I can feel it on the ends of my fingers,

And taste it on the tips of my teeth,

So you see why I never get sleep, hey,

I never get sleep, sleep, sleep,

No, I just reach, rea-, reach,

I can feel it on the ends of my fingers,

And taste it on the tips of my teeth,

So you see why I never get sleep, yeah,

Yeah, you see why I never get sleep,

Oh, so you see why I never get sleep.

(As usual, I don't own any music/ videos etc. All linked to Youtube and artists accredited)

At least I am fortunate enough to be able to sleep all day when sleep at night eludes me.... like today.  Today, (despite setting my alarm clock for 2pm - reset to this at 9am, I'd had a little sleep before that,but not much; got up to get ice packs and reset alarm) I woke up, first thought is still always "ouch"; tried to pull myself into the world of consciousness; noticed it was still light outside (I could see a sliver of light above the curtains), reckoned I'd woken up before my alarm went off (a rarity), reached for my phone and it was..... 5pm. Couldn't believe it. Oh well, at least the nights are getting lighter...

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. 

~ Edgar Allan Poe