The Old Witch Sleep and the Good Man Grace

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There's a fire burning, and I'm learning to be
 So much more than my tiredness
 So much more than that old witch sleep wishes
 She kisses my eyelids
 And I breathe
 ♪
 You don't have to be brilliant
 She says as she scrolls
 Through the rolls that the millions
 Of hollering hollow folk know how to play, it's okay
 They're just shadows searching for light
 They can't stay
 ♪
 Sleep now, oh, she says
 Tomorrow's jokes have yet to be laughed at or said
 Just rest now, she moans
 Then the hollow folk come, pour me wine by my bed
 And their dead hollers hum at the things that I've said
 And say no, no, no, no
 'Cause you are in the earth of me
 You are in the earth of me
 My head's not yours, it's mine
 'Cause you are in the earth of me
 ♪
 Somehow now I'm drinking, and I'm lifting my glass
 To that last good man grace
 Who has left me, he's left me at last
 And I laugh, and I laugh
 'Cause laughing right now, it's all, all that I have
 "You're better than this"
 He says as a hand slaps my face and I stand
 And say, "No good man grace"
 I can't do this (you can)
 I can't do this (you can)
 I can't do this (you can)
 I can't do this, you don't understand
 Oh, sleep now, oh, she pleads
 You're not a coward 'cause you cower
 You're brave because they broke you
 Yet broken still you breathe
 So breathe, breathe, just breathe
 Then the hollow folk pour me another shard full of glass
 And I toast to their talents and I forgive them at last
 'Cause I know, oh, I know, I know
 You are in the earth of me
 You are in the earth of me
 My head's not yours, it's mine
 And I'll take my fucking time
 'Cause I know, I know, I know
 ♪
 Let's bury this
 I'm all yours, but you're all mine
 Let's dance together, you and I
 'Cause I'm not trapped with you, you see
 You're the one who's trapped with me
 'Cause I've been here so many times before
 Don't you think I look pretty
 Curled up on this bathroom floor?
 But where you see weakness, I see wit
 Sometimes I fall to pieces
 Just to see what bits of me don't fit
 'Cause I when I stand oh those folks will run
 And tell the tales of what I've become
 They'll speak of me, oh in whispered tones
 And say my name like it shakes their bones
 'Cause we'll dance together so close we're sharing breath
 But now I'm leading, doesn't that just scare you to death?
 'Cause I'm all yours, you're all mine
 Let's dance together, you and I
 'Cause I'm not trapped, oh with you, you see
 You're the one who's trapped with me
 ♪
 'Cause you are in the earth of me
 You are in the earth of me
 My head's not yours, it's mine
 And I'll take my fucking time
 'Cause I know, I know, I know
 

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Duration
08:51
Key
7
Tempo
81 BPM

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