Your Own Worst Nightmare

Hello and welcome, old friend!
I’m your own worst nightmare
Come to call again
And lay your secrets bare

I’m just dropping by
To raise forgotten pain
I’m going to make you cry
And resurrect old shame

You cheated on your bestie
You broke your sacred word
You were insolent and nasty
You spun a lie absurd

I’ll banish sleep from you
And drive it from your eyes
With tales that you rue
Tales that horrify

Memories will haunt you
Through the shadowed realms
Forgotten thoughts will taunt you
Until you’re overwhelmed

I will laugh as you are drowning
Caught up in the past
See the white wave caps crowning
This dreaded ocean vast

I’m your own worst nightmare
And though I’m called away
I’ll come again, beware!
And it will be to stay

You won’t forget about me
You fear my condemning stare
You are beginning to doubt me
But I’m your own worst nightmare