Sleeping Lessons

James Russell Mercer

Go without
'Til the need seeps in
You're low, anymore
Collecting your novel petals for the stem

And glow
Glow
Melt and flow
You disarrayed your the fragile fray
Spill it out on the ragged floor
A thousand different versions of yourself

And if the old guard still offend
They got nothing left on which you depend
So enlist every ounce
Of your bright blood
And off with their heads
Jump from the hook
You're not obliged to swallow anything you despise
See, those unrepenting buzzards want your life

And they got no right
As sure as you have eyes
They got no right

Just put yourself in my new shoes
And see that I do what I do
Because the old guard still offend (their pudgy hearts and shiny hands)
They got nothing left on which we depend
So enlist every ounce
Of your bright blood
And off with their heads
Jump from the hook
You're not obliged
To swallow anything you despise
That you despise
That you despise
That you despise
That you despise

Trivia about the song Sleeping Lessons by The Shins

When was the song “Sleeping Lessons” released by The Shins?
The song Sleeping Lessons was released in 2007, on the album “Wincing the Night Away”.
Who composed the song “Sleeping Lessons” by The Shins?
The song “Sleeping Lessons” by The Shins was composed by James Russell Mercer.

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