How Do You Sleep?

Album: American Dream (2017)
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  • Standing on the shore, facing east
    I can't feel you
    Standing on the shore, facing east
    Your impermanence
    You're taking water
    Listing lazily, out of view

    I remember when we were friends
    I remember calling you friend

    Standing on the shore, my ear aimed east
    I can't hear you
    I can't hear you anymore
    I can't hear you
    I can't hear you anymore

    I still remember
    Laughing and fighting
    I still remember

    Standing on the shore, watching for you
    You're painted into a corner
    Whatever fits in your pockets, you'll get your due
    Just like before
    With all the others

    You warned me about the cocaine
    Then dove straight in
    Yeah, you warned me about the cocaine
    Then dove straight in

    In hiding, where there's more for you
    (There's more for you, there's more for you)
    (There's more for you, there's more for you)
    (There's more for you, there's more for you)
    (There's more for you, there's more for you)
    (There's more for you, there's more for you)
    (There's more for you, there's more for you)
    (There's more for you, there's more for you)
    (There's more for you, there's more for you)
    (There's more for you, there's more for you)
    (There's more for you)

    Standing on the shore, getting off
    You left me here amid the vape clowns
    I must admit I missed the mountain
    But not so much you

    One step forward
    One step forward
    One step forward
    And six steps back
    And six steps back
    And six steps back
    And six steps back
    And six steps back
    And six steps back

    Standing on the floor, facing you
    I can't see you, your impermanence
    This place is empty
    Empty of you

    And if I see you, it's like nothing went wrong
    Yeah, if we meet again tomorrow, just like nothing went wrong
    But they

    Erasing our chances just by asking how we sleep

    One step forward
    One step forward
    One step forward
    And six steps back
    And six steps back
    And six steps back
    And six steps back
    And six steps back
    And six steps back
    And six steps back
    And six steps back Writer/s: Alan Thomas Doyle, Gavin Russom, James Jeremiah Murphy, Patrick Mahoney
    Publisher: DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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