Sleep To Dream

Album: Tidal (1996)
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  • I tell you how I feel but you don't care
    I say tell me the truth but you don't dare
    You say love is a hell you cannot bear
    And I say give me mine back and go there for all I care

    I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream
    You got your head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem
    This mind this body and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways
    So don't forget what I told you don't come around
    I got my own hell to raise

    I have never been so insulted in all my life
    I could swallow the seas to wash down all this pride
    First you run like a fool just to be at my side
    And now you run like a fool but you just run to hide
    I can't abide

    I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream
    You got your head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem
    This mind this body and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways
    So don't forget what I told you don't come around
    I got my own hell to raise

    Don't make it a big deal, don't be so sensitive
    We're not playing a game anymore
    You don't have to be so defensive

    Don't you plead me your case, don't bother to explain
    Don't even show me your face 'cause it's a crying shame
    Just go back to the rock from under which you came
    Take the sorrows you gave and all the stakes you claim
    And don't forget to blame

    I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream
    You got your head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem
    This mind this body and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways
    So don't forget what I told you don't come around
    I got my own hell to raise

    I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream
    You got your head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem
    This mind this body and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways
    So don't forget what I told you don't come around
    I got my own hell to raise Writer/s: Fiona Apple Maggart
    Publisher: Peermusic Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Christine from Belmont, NhI think the song is obviously about a Dude fiona had a relashionship with but he was a liar, etc...
  • Dennis from Chicagoland Burrows, IlThe piano mixed in with the beat trailing off at the end of the song makes it even more chilly
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