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Don't fall asleep

from Songs from Earth by Henry Hugo

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Don't fall asleep (before me)

forgive the rambling, I'm about to start
another's story of a trouble heart
you cannot win, you cannot slow down
the ambiguity of time
would drive you mad

if the part love-pleasure be counted as ten
three forth go to women, one only to men
my veins need her wine, my heart need her vines
she's my destiny's cup
and all of my dreams will round up

like agonising ice in a whisky glass
we blame what's around
we could blame the weather, we could blame our life
we could blame the whole damn world
can I say sun, with the very same warmth?
can I say fly with my feet on the ground?
how long it's been, since the cosmic egg hatched?
how long will it be, until we see again?

- Though I've learned to miss you
without shedding tears
don't fall asleep before me dear

I look up skyward, and count the stars
I wave to my siblings night after night
I'm still thinking in the ways
don't ask me nothing, and don't wait for me
I know you would offer, what you can't give for free
in which I'm loving you every single day
I could the bravest sea
if Only I knew how to win

- though I've learned to live
with prayers and hope
don't fall asleep before me

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from Songs from Earth, released May 8, 2021

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