Lyrics Inertia Spiral - The Sleeper

Myriad dreams
Keep pouring down on me
Piercing my outer shell

I saw myself with eyes wide open
Fixated, force-fed
Half-dead
Has time passed or did I walk backwards?

Wait, if this is real
Please, would you stay with me?
Thoughts collide
Unwilling to strive
I have to heal
But you're a lifetime away

Observe the surroundings
Everything is preserved
Nice and neat
Crawl back into the womb
If you like
Let's play pretend

Reflective surfaces
Flatter the delicate core
Of a lifeless machine

Question meaning in the smallest cubicle
A helping hand becomes delusional
To me, my mind could scale an ocean now

Wait, if this is real
Please, would you stay with me?
Thoughts collide
Unwilling to strive
I have to heal
But you're a lifetime away

Observe the surroundings
Everything is preserved
Nice and neat
Crawl back into the womb
If you like
Let's play pretend

Has time passed or did I walk backwards?