Sleeper Lyrics

I had a dream that I was sleeping

I fell asleep to stay awake

I found these secrets made me darker, made me fade

You woke up dreaming we were home here

You fell asleep not thinking straight

How can a mediocre son do something great?

He’d likely father just the same

But it felt so sweet

Each time I’d leave

Each time I’d forget about the simple ways

You'd remind me how you weren’t thinking of me

You only call when I’m asleep

I’m splitting seams

I’m splitting where you swear we’re mending

I’m splitting seams

And they’re splitting me

I know Speed River topped those old banks

Summer drowned in all the rain

I still think one half is suspended in that stream

The other finds its way up north there

About once a month it slips away

I start to think it might never come back to me

I’m splitting seams

I’m splitting where you swear we’re mending

I’m splitting seams

And they’re splitting me

They burn the way I wish I could

The way I always swore I would

They burn the way I wish I could

The ways I always swore I

You were happy there that much I see

You were happy there, nothing to do with me

A lesson I should heed