Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Sleepless , by - The Decemberists. Release date: 15.02.2009
Song language: English
Sleepless |
| As you lie before me now like a shadow |
| On a pea green sea |
| Never thought that I could find you so hollow |
| Laying into me |
| But this cup of wine |
| All salt and brine’s made me sleepy |
| The sorrow sows |
| A field of tears that will never yield a single penny |
| But I don’t know |
| I’ve got nothing to hold onto |
| Wished for gold so I could buy you a palace |
| By the riverside |
| You’d come in and I would fill your diamond chalice |
| You were still alive |
| But this cup of wine |
| All salt and brine’s made me sleepy |
| And sorrow sows |
| A field of tears that will never yield a single penny |
| But I don’t know |
| I’ve got nothing to hold onto |
| I’ve got nothing to hold onto |
| Were you sleepless tearing at the air? |
| Was the water everywhere? |
| Were you fretful to wade into the room? |
| I’d been wanting to hear from you — Oh no |
| Hand it over (Hand it over) |
| Hand it over (Ooh-ooh) |
| You’re weary lay 'em down |
| You did your time so thank you very much |
| Hand it over (Hand it over) |
| Hand it over (Ooh-ooh) |
| So now your hopes are all allayed |
| But you hand it all away |
| Did his eyelids affix on empty chairs |
| You had traveled to lay beside? |
| A gentle torture to watch it all recede |
| And all the while your mother slept beside him — Oh no |
| Hand it over (Hand it over) |
| Hand it over (Ooh-ooh) |
| You’re weary lay 'em down |
| You did your time so thank you very much |
| Hand it over (Hand it over) |
| Hand it over (Ooh-ooh) |
| So now your hopes are all allayed |
| But you hand it all away |
| Were you sleepless tearing at the air? |
| Was the water everywhere? |
| Were you fearful and longed to run away |
| From the cold clasp of Illinois? |
| — Oh no |
| Hand it over (Hand it over) |
| Hand it over (Ooh-ooh) |
| You’re weary lay 'em down |
| You did your time so thank you very much |
| Hand it over (Hand it over) |
| Hand it over (Ooh-ooh) |
| So now your hopes are all allayed |
| But you hand it all away |
| But you hand it all away |