Asleep In A Fistfight

from Blood & Wine (Single) by The Truth About You

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I hit the snooze at least eight times
Before I drew the strength to rise from my bed.
I was thirty minutes late for a fifty minute class.
I fell asleep in lecture break
And slept right through my first lunch date
With the girl of my dreams
She called me later on that day
To oh-so-carefully explain
She'd never speak to me again.

I fell asleep in a fistfight, it didn't go well
And I slept right through eleven meal times in a row
And when you come like a thief in the night, I'll be sleeping.
I've been doing it my whole life.

I grabbed my bike and started home
To end the day how it began.
It was warm that afternoon, so I pulled into the alleyway for a nap.
I didn't find it straight away
But on my face later that day
I found my new tattoo...

I fell asleep in a fistfight, it didn't go well
And I slept right through eleven meal times in a row
And when you come like a thief in the night, I'll be sleeping.
I've been doing it my whole life.

I slept through the hurricane,
I slept through the flood,
I slept as the wolves descended,
Drawn by my blood.
I slept through the famine,
I slept through the feast,
And while I was sleeping,
I was marked by the beast.
I knew that you were calling me,
I saw you through the sheets...
But I couldn't face the daylight,
It showed all my misdeeds.
I heard the alarm ring out
But I did not take heed,
I just pulled the covers higher
And drifted slowly back to sleep.

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from Blood & Wine (Single), released September 22, 2013

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