"Sleep Debt's Gonna Bring You Down" - An Original Music Video

An Outreach Project by Greg Enenstein and Patrick Shoop | Return To Outreach Projects 2010

An educationally hilarious music video, "Sleep Debt's Gonna Bring You Down" chronicles the story of a lamentable man who does not heed the warning of his sleep debt, and suffers miserably as a result.

Written by and starring Greg Enenstein and Patrick Shoop.

Lyrics:

Well here's a little tale
Of a man that I lament
He had not heard the doctrine
Of William C. Dement

He stayed awake all night
He stayed awake most nights
He thought he was just too cool
To go and get some shut eye

But as time passed by
The debt just grew
He carried it on his shoulders
Like his bad hair-do

Well he....Should know...
Sleep debt's gonna bring you down
Sleep debt's gonna bring you down
Sleep debt's gonna bring you down, down, down, down, down
And smash you to the ground

Well since he could not sleep
He could not perform so well
At many things in life
And the ladies sure could tell

He could not concentrate
Microsleeps were common
Didn't know when he dosed off
Sometimes when eating ramen

Sleep debt's gonna bring you down
Sleep debt's gonna bring you down
Sleep debt's gonna bring you down, down, down, down, down
And smash you to the ground

Stuck in the twilight zone
If only he had known
Some advice never hurts
Drowsiness Is Red Alert!

Sleep debt's gonna bring you down
Sleep debt's gonna bring you down
(Don't bring me down, Bruce)
Sleep debt's gonna bring you down, down, down, down, down
And smash you to the ground

This is not a dyssomnia ailing me
If I must sleep I can't be free
I will not cave to the nychthemeron
It's time to take my sleep debt on

The opponent process will kick in
And knock my sleep debt to the wind
No fatigue can stick around
Sleep debt, you're going down!

Goiiiiinnnnnnnn Dooooowwwwwwwnnnnn!!! Yeahaa!

Hey there, in case you didn't notice
I'm the Biological Clock
I help him stay awake
I make my residence in the suprachiasmatic nuclei
Usually I'm strongest in the early evening
And I'm as strong as taking 1-2 quarts of coffee
Yeah, I'm pretty awesome

So his clock wasn't enough
Sleep debt had attacked
He dropped right to the ground
Who knows if he'll come back

The door had slammed shut
His perception simply gone
If you try to escape sleep debt
You too will be forgone

Sleep debt's gonna bring you down
Sleep debt's gonna bring you down
Sleep debt's gonna bring you down, down, down, down, down
And slam you to the ground