Lyrics of 'While You Were Sleeping' by Elvis Perkins

Do you want to know the lyrics of While You Were Sleeping by Elvis Perkins? You're in the right place.

while you were sleeping
the babies grew
the stars shined and the shadows moved
time flew, the phone rang
there was a silence when the kitchen sang
its songs competed like kids for space
we stared for hours in our maker's face
they gave us picks
said go mine the sun
and gold and come back when you're done
while you were sleeping
you tossed, you turned
you rolled your eyes as the world burned
the heavens fell, the earth quaked
i thought you must be, but you weren't awake
no, you were sleeping
you ignored the sun
you grew your power garden
for your little ones
and you found brides for them on christmas eve
they hung young cain from the adam trees
and danced
while you were sleeping
i tossed and i turned
til i closed my eyes
but the future burned
through the planet turned a hair gray
as i relived the day
while you were sleeping
the money died
machines were harmless and the earth sighed
through the wind you slept sound
and gravity caught my love around
the ocean rose, sang about decay
while witches flew
and the mermaids stayed
full of dreams, you overslept
and keeping with quiet, through the walls i crept
i walked on tiptoe, sent darkness swirling over all the kitchen in the early morning
i'll never catch up to you
who sleeps so sound
my arms are useless
my heart beats too loud to go to sleep
my mind's too crowded
while you were sleeping
the time changed
all your things were rearranged
your vampire mirrors face to face
they saw forever out into space
and found you dreaming in black and white
while it rained in all the colors of the night
i watched the tvs
memories
championships
vanished to sea
could it be, my honey between you and me
so i waited for the riddled sky
to dissolve again by sunrise
and i've made a death suit for life
for my father's ill widowed wife
did you have that strangest dream before you woke
cos in your gown you had the butterfly stroke
did it escape you like some half told joke?
when you reached for your plume of smoke

When we really like a song, as might be your case with While You Were Sleeping by Elvis Perkins, we wish to be able to sing it knowing the lyrics well.

Knowing what the lyrics of While You Were Sleeping say allows us to put more feeling into the performance.

If your motivation for searching for the lyrics of the song While You Were Sleeping was that you absolutely love it, we hope you can enjoy singing it.

A very common reason to search for the lyrics of While You Were Sleeping is the fact that you want to know them well because they make you think of a special person or situation.

In case your search for the lyrics of the song While You Were Sleeping by Elvis Perkins is because it makes you think of someone in particular, we suggest you dedicate it to them somehow, for example, by sending them the link to this website, they'll surely get the hint.

Something that happens more often than we think is that people search for the lyrics of While You Were Sleeping because there is some word in the song they don't quite understand and want to make sure of what it says.

Are you arguing with your partner because you understand different things when you listen to While You Were Sleeping? Having the lyrics of the song While You Were Sleeping by Elvis Perkins at hand can settle many disputes, and we hope that it will.

On this page, you have at your disposal hundreds of song lyrics, like While You Were Sleeping by Elvis Perkins.

Learn the lyrics of the songs you like, like While You Were Sleeping by Elvis Perkins, whether it's to sing them in the shower, make your covers, dedicate them to someone, or win a bet.

Remember that whenever you need to know the lyrics of a song, you can always turn to us, as has happened now with the lyrics of the song While You Were Sleeping by Elvis Perkins.