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Sleep Talk

by Shae Altered

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1.
Sleep Talk 02:57
[VERSE 1] YOU’VE BEEN TALKING IN MY SLEEP LATELY HAUNTING ROUND MY HEAD YOU’VE BEEN GONE A HUNDRED YEARS BUT I STILL FIND YOU IN MY BED WRAPPED YOUR HANDS AROUND BRAIN AND LOCKED YOUR FINGERS IN MY SPINE REMOVED FROM YOU WHEN I AM WAKING BUT MY DREAMS THEY ARE NOT MINE YOUR SHADES ARE DIFFERENT BUT YOUR EYES ARE STILL THE SAME YOUR HANDS ARE STRONGER THAN MY BODY AND YOUR SKIN IS ALL AFLAME [VERSE 2] OH GHOST OF YOU JUST LIKE A PREDATOR WHO ROLLS ROUND IN MY SHEETS WHEN I WAKE IT CLUTCHES ON MY LUNGS OH LIKE YOU ONCE HELD ME I’VE TRIED TO CARVE YOU OUT THE MARROW OF BONES BUT YOUR FINGERPRINTS STILL TASTE MY HEART YOU CAN’T LEAVE ME ALONE [CHORUS] OH GHOST OF YOU PLEASE STOP HAUNTING ME OH GHOST OF YOU PLEASE STOP TALKING IN MY SLEEP
2.
Control 04:02
[VERSE 1] HOLD ME UNDER WATER I WILL BITE BACK HARDER THEY SAY DON’T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU LEAD THIS HORSE TO WATER DON’T YOU LOOK IT IN THE MOUTH YOUR FINGERS WON’T MAKE IT PAST MY TEETH OH OH I THROW BRICKS AT GLASS CASTLES JUST TO SEE IF THEIR BRITTLE WALLS WILL BREAK [CHORUS] I GET A LITTLE OUTA OF CONTROL WHEN MY HEAD IS FULL OH GOD ITS SCARING ME FEEL LIKE A FIRECRACKER IN A GLASS BOX READY TO GO OFF DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TOO ME [VERSE 1] COME HELL OR WATER WATER I AM NOT YOUR MARTYR THE DEVIL WILL ADVOCATE FOR ME MY SKELETONS THEY HAVE CLOSETS AND THEY KEEP ME LOCKED INSIDE THEY DON’T KNOW THAT I HAVE GOT THEIR KEYS THIS HOUSE IN MY HEAD’S A GREAT DIVIDE CANON BALLS RUNNING LOOSE INSIDE [CHORUS] I GET A LITTLE OUTA OF CONTROL WHEN MY HEAD IS FULL OH GOD ITS SCARING ME FEEL LIKE A FIRECRACKER IN A GLASS BOX READY TO GO OFF DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TOO ME [BRIDGE] THEY SAY I AM LONELY ‘CAUSE I BUILD WALLS INSTEAD OF BRIDGES BUT I’M ALL OUT OF BRICKS AND ALL I’VE LEFT IS STITCHES [CHORUS] I GET A LITTLE OUTA OF CONTROL WHEN MY HEAD IS FULL OH GOD ITS SCARING ME FEEL LIKE A FIRECRACKER IN A GLASS BOX READY TO GO OFF DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TOO ME
3.
River 03:02
[VERSE 1] OH TAKE ME DOWN, DOWN TO THE BACKWATER UP TO THE CHURCH TOWER, WHERE THE DEMONS HIDE DOWN TO THE GREEN RIVER, IN A WHITE LACE DRESS AND MY HAIR’S A MESS, BUT YOU WONT GET IN I WAS ALMOST LOST [CHORUS] IN THE EYE OF THIS STORM INSIDE GREAT BEAST CRY OF THIS HEART OF MINE [VERSE 1] OUT IN THE OLD GRAVE YARD, FILLED WITH LOVERS HEARTS YOU TOOK MY HAND, YOU GVE YOUR SOUL AWAY I KEPT IT IN A BOX, BENEATH MY BED WHERE YOU REST YOU HEAD, JUST LIKE ALL OF THEM I WAS ALMOST LOST [CHORUS] IN THE EYE OF THIS STORM INSIDE GREAT BEAST CRY OF THIS HEART OF MINE [BRIDGE] AND WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN AND THE MOON IS OUT THAT’S WHEN THE CLAWS COME OUT FROM BENEATH MY NAILS [CHORUS] IN THE EYE OF THIS STORM INSIDE GREAT BEAST CRY OF THIS HEART OF MINE
4.
Fragments 04:52
[VERSE 1] I DON’T SEE WHY YOU LEFT ME I’M DROWNING IN THIS SEA OF SOLITUDE, OF SILENCE PLEASE OPEN YOUR EYES I DON’T RECOGNIZEY OU [CHORUS] WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU BECOME DO I KNOW YOU WHERE HAVE I SEEN YOU FROM [VERSE 2] WE USED TO BE COHESIVE HARMONY BUT NOW OUR SONG’S COME APART LIKE THE FRAGMNETS OF MY HEART THEYRE FALLING, LIKE STARS I SWEEP THEM AWAY SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY [CHORUS] WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU BECOME DO I KNOW YOU WHERE HAVE I SEEN YOU FROM [BRIDGE] HAVE I BEEN REPLACED BY THIS THREAT WIHTOUT A FACE I SCREAM YOUR NAME AS YOU DRIFT AWAY [CHORUS] WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU BECOME DO I KNOW YOU WHERE HAVE I SEEN YOU FROM
5.
Liar 02:38
[VERSE 1] YOU TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD CUT MY HAIR IS IT BECAUSE YOU WANTED ME TO LOOK LIKE HER YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY DEAR I SWEAR AND ALL THE OTHER LIES YOU TOLD ME YOU SAID HONEY OH YOU KNOW SHE’S JUST A FRINED THE KIND YOU WANT TO GET TO KNOW WITH YOUR HANDS HONEY DID SHE FILL YOUR HEAD WITH PLANS TELL ME WAS IT YOUR IDEA TO BREAK ME MISSING YOU’S LIKE WATER IN MY LUNGS AND HATING YOU IS LIKE POISON IN MY VEINS I DON’T WANT TO FEEL SO I WILL BLEED THIS TIANTED BLOOD UNTIL NONE OF IT REMAINS [CHORUS] LIAR LIAR I WILL SET YOUR WOLRD ON FIRE LIAR LIAR ALL YOU GAVE ME WAS RAIN LIAR LIAR GAVE YOU LIGHTINING GAVE YOU THUNDER LIAR LIAR AND DO YOU FEEL MY PAIN YET [VERSE 2] YOU THOUGHT YOU’D HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TO WHEN EXACTLY DID YOU PLAN TO TELL ME YOU TRADED ME IN FOR SOMEONE NEW BUT YOU STILL HAD THE NERVE TO TOUCH ME AND THIS VODKA GOES DOWN BETTER THAN THE THOUGHT OF YOU TOGETHER AND ALL MY MISERY EVERY TIME YOU TOUCH HER, EVERY TIME YOU KISS HER HOPE YOU TASTE THE GHOST OF ME [CHORUS] LIAR LIAR I WILL SET YOUR WOLRD ON FIRE LIAR LIAR ALL YOU GAVE ME WAS RAIN LIAR LIAR GAVE YOU LIGHTINING GAVE YOU THUNDER LIAR LIAR AND DO YOU FEEL MY PAIN YET [BRIDGE] YOU HAVE SET MY WORLD ON FIRE SO I WILL BURN DOWN YOURS [CHORUS] LIAR LIAR I WILL SET YOUR WOLRD ON FIRE LIAR LIAR ALL YOU GAVE ME WAS RAIN LIAR LIAR GAVE YOU LIGHTINING GAVE YOU THUNDER LIAR LIAR AND DO YOU FEEL MY PAIN

about

There were days when I was barely awake. Nights the drumming on my ribs kept me from sleep. It is in the space of neither waking nor sleeping that I’m visited by them. Friends that didn’t stay; because my edges were too sharp or because death is greedy. Versions of myself, twin in only body. A boy with careless hands.Shape-shifting ghosts haunting the dark space of unconsciousness, things we push aside or declare buried that we are only able to confront when our eyes are closed.The conversations we wish we could do do over, ones that happened replayed on tape loop, and the ones that never did. Words we can only say asleep.The sleep talk.

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released March 17, 2017

Music and Lyrics by Shae Altered
Produced by Justin Abel and Shae Altered

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