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Sleep Lessons EP

by Slumberless

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1.
I do all the things I'm not s'posed to Like eat sweets, stay up late, loaf around, and procrastinate I do all the things I'm not s'posed to But the worst of all is I miss you There's a lot of things I forget to do Like wear a helmet, save your seats, and stop thinking about you I was raised right they said "Now listen you Sit up straight, memorize the states, and come back before curfew" There they taught me just what to do But I didn't hear a word of it I was daydreaming of you So I do all the things I'm not s'posed to Like eat red meat, shuffle my feet, and sleep in the living room And I know its bad to keep missing you But I was never taught so I'll never learn I just don't know how not to.
2.
Your Room 02:52
I like your room when you are in it Perched on the chair beside the closet The dresser is stained by your green thumb Which impetuously gathers roots lonesome I like your room when I am in it Sprawled on bedsheets, gently skylit I trace eggshell cracks on the white wall As you walk on long feet down the hall I like your room when we’re together Your arms wind round me like a tether Hiding your face amid threads of gold You breathe my name into me threefold Ooh ooh ooh I like your room when we are in it And all around us is a vignette As you strike my tongue like a fresh match And press in close so the flames can catch
3.
Are the spiders friends? Are the spiders foes? Do the spiderwebs keep us in our clothes? Oh no, oh no no Will you love me once? Will you love me twice? Will you love me when I'm not being so nice? Oh no, oh no no Well I can't forget , but you can't remember what you said to me in late December Oh no, Oh no no And the other day when I saw that spider And he told me that you are a liar Oh no, say it ain't so Please don't lie to me When I'm with you I feel happy So please don't lie to me K-I-S-S-I-N-G you is where I want to be Are the spiders friends? Are the spiders foes? Do the spiderwebs keep us in our clothes? Oh no, I don't know
4.
Motel Room 02:15
In a motel room on a motel bed Something lifted from the sheets Regret as think as lead And I carry it at night Dirty tinsel of my dreams And I hold it like the lint Jammed in all my worn out seams.
5.
Ghost Song 03:33
I have a ghost that never leaves We were in love, now he still haunts me My ghost I feel so helpless so small You used to catch the nightmares as they fall Past my window, ones my dreamcatchers miss Deep in slumber as the radiators hiss
6.
It's not so much the absence of your smile Your teeth far to small for your mouth Your eyelashes like ears of wheat, your canna colored hair Your eyelashes like ears of wheat, your canna colored hair It's the absence of these features on their faces The absence of these features on their faces It's the absence of these features on the faces Of the young children playing in the yard The young children playing in the yard The young children playing in the yard Without your smile, without your teeth, without your eyelashes of wheat On the young children playing in the yard
7.
I love you More than I know what to do And I get oh so blue Whenever I'm without you Do you travel by bike? I promise I'll hold on real tight Do you travel by car? Let's drive together real far I love you More than I know what do If you go can't I come too? I'll go wherever you do Do you have room on your boat? I'll help you keep it afloat Let's get two seats on a plane And make sure our row is the same I love you More than I know what to do I wish you'd never leave Won't you stay close to me?

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released August 7, 2014

Maisey Thies - Ukulele, Vocals
Garret Nasset - Guitar, Concertina, Vocals

A special thank you to Loreena St. Dennis
for sharing with us her writing.

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Slumberless is an indie pop band consisting of Minneapolis based artists Maisey Thies & Garret Nasset

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