Lyrics Breakdown

0:15 – Before the lyrics start, the narrative begins with a dark room, slowly zooming into a figure on the floor cowering.

It's the same each and every night.Glare at my screen with two big bloodshot eyes.

0:15-0:25 – At this point we cut to a close up of the singer as he begins to sing and zoom out to the rest of the band performing in this dark setting. This

sequence includes two or three different shots, being close ups and medium close ups of the band members, one of which the singer will have bloody tears rolling

down his face.

I'm stuck self-torturing; my meds are failing me.Internal clock in smithereens.

Can't fix this, I'm hopeless.0:25-0:38 – Sequence begins with a cut to the figure in the narrative holding his head and shaking heavily as he tries to pick himself up using some fast cuts and transitions between his face and the band until he has a distressing look on his

face and falls in slow motion.

My eyes are stapled open wide, As I lay down on my side.

I am bouncing off these walls.0:38-0:49 - A slow tracking shot going across the band members playing and

fades back and forth from the character falling and the band playing but ultimately ends with the singer finishing the last line.

0:49-1:03 – This sequence is mostly instrumental and picks the pace of the song up so we will have multiple fast cuts of different band members, particularly the singer laughing demonically, switching with the story and the character standing up and will end with a clock in sync with the clock sound we hear to make use of

thought beats.

Notice my hands begin to twitch.Unprovoked assaulting of my conscious wit.

1:03-1:14 – This has the character be hazy and the screen will be fuzzy to represent this using blurs as his hands shake

Me and the TV are enemies.Sickening static surrounds my mind.

1:14-1:20 – The character notices a TV light and angrily goes towards it as the band appear on the screen.

I'm losing time, and realizing thatAfter days of thought that I'm

1:20-1:26 – At this point the camera will zoom into the TV and the band will be this shot singing with the singer exaggerating losing time by tapping a watch.

Stuck self-torturing; my meds are failing me.Internal clock in smithereens.

Can't fix this, I'm hopeless.1:26-1:37 – Character is sat against a wall with his head down as it zooms into his

face which has a scared expression possibly crying.

My eyes are stapled open wide, As I lay down on my side.

I am bouncing off these walls.1:37-1:48 - Cuts to the band singer, singing the first line exaggerating his eyes

being open as it cuts back and forth from the character lying on the floor next to some medical pills with a bouncing effect around the screen, this part of the verse

being much amplified.

As I focus on the clock,Time stands still, but I cannot.I should strap myself in bed.

I guess I'll sleep when I am dead.1:48-2:00 – The character is shown on the floor with a close up on his face and

cuts to a broken clock in front of him not moving then cutting to the band for the 3rd line of this part as they perform.

Talk to myself, lie in the darkness so content.As the sun begins to rise, I can barely shut my eyes.

2:00-2:10 - For this part, the camera spins around the character as he sits up against the wall and is shaking, holding onto his legs and looking around the room

until he spots something ahead of him in the darkness.

This crazed, delirious mess; laughing at everything I see.My sanity is spent. Just tell me where my time went.

I'm losing it.2:10-2:23 – At this point a monster appears through syncing some cuts and

possibly flashes and starts laughing at the character and grabs the characters head and throws his head against the wall.

Attention: All insomniacs, please raise your right hand.And kindly, repeat after me.

"I guess I'll sleep when I am dead!" 2:23-2:44 – This part is entirely performance based as the lyrics aren’t relevant to the narrative so for these shots the scene will pick up and the band will begin to head bang and perform in sync to the lyrics and instrumentals and will also have

scenery shots of the room and visions.

'Cause I'm stuck self-torturing; my meds are failing me.Internal clock in smithereens.

Can't fix this, I'm hopeless.2:44-2:56 - This is a slow motion falling scene of the character as he falls forward after trying to get up with multiple shots around his body as the monster fades

away.

My eyes are stapled open wide, As I lay down on my side.

I am bouncing off these walls.2:56-3:07 – Cuts to the singer singing and has multiple shots of the band and

some of the backing singers. Occasionally going back to the body and then the clocks start smashing up around his body.

As I focus on the clock,Time stands still, but I cannot.I should strap myself in bed.

I guess I'll sleep when I am dead.3:07-3:28 – Clocks continue being smashed as the bands performance is the

largest and most dynamic in this shot and this scene is mostly performance based

I guess I’ll sleep when I am.

3:28 (End) fast cuts going up his body to his face which is just still and not moving. (dead)