Lyrics
I need to sleep
The speaker expresses a need for sleep.
So very, very deeply
Emphasizing the deep desire for a profound and restful sleep.
So very, very deeply
-Can I sing for my supper?
Questioning if the speaker can receive rewards for their creative or expressive efforts.
Can I dance on a penny?
Asking if the speaker can perform exceptionally well in a confined space or under difficult circumstances.
It is useless but I am faithful
Acknowledging futility but expressing unwavering loyalty or commitment.
Like a snowball in the rain
Using the metaphor of a snowball in the rain to convey vulnerability or fragility.
I'm reaching
Expressing a reaching or striving effort.
I'm stumbling over my own feet
Describing a struggle, possibly with self-limitations or obstacles.
Day after day
Highlighting the repetition of days and the desire for change or escape.
Praying I wake up in a foreign land
Expressing a longing to wake up in a foreign and unfamiliar environment.
So varied and strange
Imagining a desire for a varied and different existence, possibly in a different body or form.
In another body
-In a shapeless frame
-And in the morning
Describing a morning that is dull and unchanging.
So grey and static
Depicting a monotonous and uneventful start to the day.
I will fix my eyeline
Deciding to focus attention on the nearest and easiest task or goal.
On the nearest easy thing
-And when you used to laugh
Reflecting on a past when laughter had a significant impact, possibly nostalgically.
Rooms used to open for you
Recalling a time when positive gestures and emotions were reciprocated.
Like a handshake returned
-Like a mother weeping
-But I am on the call
Being engaged in a call and waiting, suggesting a state of anticipation or longing.
And I am waiting
-Well, I am going to take these clothes off now
Symbolically removing barriers and allowing something transformative to occur.
And I will swim out
-I will let it wash over me
-And if you want some blood
Offering oneself for sacrifice or assistance, expressing a willingness to endure pain or difficulty for others.
If you need the time
-If you want somebody's head
-Here take mine
-And if you want some blood
-If you need the time
-Well, if you need somebody's head
-Well, here take mine
-But I am on the call
Reiterating the speaker's state of being on a call and waiting, emphasizing a sense of expectation.
And I am waiting
-But I am on the call
-And I am waiting
-I need to sleep
Repeating the deep desire for sleep, possibly indicating a persistent need for rest and escape.
So very, very deeply
-So very, very deeply
-So very, very deeply
-So very, very deeply
-So very, very deeply
-So very, very deeply
-So very, very deeply
-So very, very deeply
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