Sleep Long

Lyrics

[Chorus] Sleep long, sleep well Only to awake in hell Sleep long, sleep well, sleep well Only to awaken in hell [Verse 1] One day I saw a man asleep In a doorway on the street Walls of sheltered inhibition I perceived his condition Dying of hunger and exposure Food and shelter two blocks over Within this place we breed and dwell We've created living hell [Chorus] Sleep long, sleep well Only to awaken in hell, let's go! Sleep long, sleep well Only to awaken in hell [Verse 2] City sleeps and pigeons flutter Vagrant dies in the gutter Prideless death somehow befitting Life spent working on forgetting Riding on the bus Looked outside and thought about death Passing cars the only tribute To his gasping, final breath [Chorus] Sleep, sleep long, sleep well, sleep well Only to awaken in hell Sleep long, sleep well, sleep well Only to awaken in hell Let's go! Yeah! [Bridge] Then I went home To get my mind off things I decided to watch television Constant subliminal brain immersion Subconscious death wish coercion Buy and consume and want and need Never fall from the trap of greed Listen up! Sleep long! Sleep long, sleep well! [Verse 3] Thought about the bitter pain Of jail cells and falling rain Thought ahead and looked away What can you do, anyway? Sheltered youth and our pretension Avert our eyes to divert attention Only to see the advertisement Always there to remind us [Chorus] Sleep long, sleep well Only to awaken in hell Sleep long, sleep well Only to awaken in hell [Outro] Only to awaken in hell