Elvis Perkins - Lyrics
Elvis Perkins - While You Were Sleeping Lyrics
Submitted by John S
While you were sleeping
Your babies grew,
The stars shined,
And the shadows moved.
Time flew,
The phone rang,
There was a silence,
When the kitchen sang.
Songs competed,
Like kids from space,
We stared for hours,
At our makers' face.
They gave us picks,
Said "go mine the sun,
Go gold,
And come cack when you're done".
Uh oh, Uh oh
While you were sleeping,
You tossed, you turned,
You rolled your eyes,
As the world burned.
The heavens fell,
The earth quaked.
I thought you must be,
But you weren't awake.
No, you were dreaming,
You ignored the sun,
You grew a power garden,
For your little ones.
And you found brides for them,
On christmas eve,
You hung young Cain,
From the Adam tree,
And danced, Uh oh.
While you were sleeping,
I tossed and I turned too,
I closed my eyes,
But the future burned through,
The planet turned,
A hair grey,
As I relived,
The day.
While you were sleeping,
The money died,
Machines were harmless,
And the earth sighed,
The wind.
You swept sound,
Gravity brought,
My love around.
The ocean's roe,
Sang of decay,
The witches flew,
And the mermaids stayed,
Full of dreams.
You overslept.
In keeping with the quiet,
Through the walls I krept.
I walked on tip-toes,
Sent darkness swirling,
Over all the kitchen,
In the early morning.
Uh oh, Uh oh
I'll never catch up to you,
Who sleep so sound.
My yawns are useless,
My heart beats too loud,
To go to sleep,
My mind's too proud
To bow out.
While you were sleeping,
The time changed,
All your things,
Were re-arranged.
Your vampire mirrors,
Face to face,
Saw forever out in to space,
And found you dreaming,
In black and white,
While it rained in all,
The colors of the night.
Uh oh, Uh oh
I watched the TV's memories,
Champion ships,
Vanish to sea.
Can it be,
My honey between,
You and me?
So I waited for ,
The riddled sky,
To be solved again,
By the sunrise.
I made a death,
Soup for life,
For my father's
Ill widowed wife.
Did you have that strangest dream,
Before you woke?
'Cause in your gown you had
the butterfly stroke.
Did it escape you,
Like some half-told joke,
When you reached for,
Your plume of smoke?
And it'll haunt you,
My honey bee,
Anyone who's anyone,
Has that same dream.
Were you falling,
Were you flying,
Were you calling out,
Or were you dying?
But thank god you're up now,
Let's stay this way,
Else there'll be no mornings,
And no more days.
'Cause when we’re dreaming,
The babies grow,
The stars shine,
And the shadows flow.
Time flies,
The phone rings,
There is a silence,
When everbody tries to sing.
Uh oh, Uh oh, Uh oh, Uh oh, Uh oh...