Answer:
My first is a body of water. My second is me. My third came before. My fourth before all three. My fifth sounds like my first. My sixth is in a lake. Put all six together to make an animal that will keep you awake.
A morbidly-named body of water
What measures out time until in time all is smashed to it?
A house of wood in a hidden place. Built without nails or glue. High above the earthen ground. It holds pale gems of blue.
What can't you see, hear or feel, until its too late. What shadows love, and shopkeepers hate?
If lightning strikes an orchestra who is the one most likely to get hit?
Difficult
Animal
Easy
Food
Funny
Kids
Logic
What am I?