Why can I never go back to bed? Who's is the voice ringing in my head? Where is the sense in these desperate dreams? Why should I wake when I'm half past dead?

Emilie Autumn
About This Quote

In this quote by Edgar Allan Poe, he is asking a series of questions about his reality. He wonders why he can’t sleep. He also asks why is he still having these dreams when they are so crazy and out of touch with reality. He wonders if this is all a dream. Why should he wake up when he is half dead? In the end, he questions what his purpose in life is since he doesn’t know what it is to be alive.

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