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Sleep Without The Dreams

from Dreadnought, Dreadnought by Gumshoes

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/// A party-goer is overwhelmed with disillusionment ///

A deaf disco dancer does the hustle offbeat
In a rusted roller rink
And every cover band is a backup plan
Just trying to stay in sync
I'm eating fake pizza and drinking kid wine
I'm sober to a fault
And all I wanna be is where my heart can't see
The chlorine in the salt

I always beat the traffic
Can't dance on broken heels
A tapestry of neon
Deflects off spinning wheels

It's always as it seems
Just sleep without the dreams
Waiting on the wire
But lord, I'm tired

There's a singing voice clipping on the radio
Butchering 'all things must pass'
A stuttered street lamp strikes the spelling bee champ
Who man's the diesel gas
I'm flipping over pillows, I'm a wall away
I pretend I didn't hear
The neighbors and their friends sing "it isn't the end
It's a happy new year"

Someone ought to tell them
But I've not got the gut
I'm a battered beetle
Pumping perfect blood

Oh god it's as it seems
Just sleep without the dreams
Waiting on the wire
But lord, I'm tired

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from Dreadnought, Dreadnought, released January 4, 2023

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Homespun indie pop about eccentrics, losers and fools.

Project of Sam Sparks. Please email me!

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