Sleeptalk Lover

 Memory of  past Girlfriend who used sleeptalk


[Verse 1]

You drift in

Door still half open

Shoes in your hand

Grin already broken

Street on your jacket

Night on your tongue

You say you’re exhausted

But you’re still wound up


[Pre-Chorus]

You fall on the mattress

Like it’s all you trust

Laugh in my shoulder

Say you’re dangerous

You trace my collarbone

Eyes half shut

Talking in circles

Till the words get stuck


[Chorus]

You’re a sleep talk lover

Saying too much in the dark

Every secret slips out softer

Every truth finds its mark

When the daylight’s over

You don’t hide what you want

You’re a sleep talk lover

And you tell on your heart


[Verse 2]

You mumble a promise

You’d deny by noon

Name me your weakness

Then switch to the moon

You tug on my T-shirt

Pull me in close

Between every heartbeat

You spill another dose


[Pre-Chorus]

You ask if I’ll keep you

Like a whispered dare

Breath tastes like courage

Hands in my hair

You’ll blame it on being

Half gone

Half aware

But I’ve learned your patterns

When you’re almost there


[Chorus]

You’re a sleep talk lover

Saying too much in the dark

Every secret slips out softer

Every truth finds its mark

When the daylight’s over

You don’t hide what you want

You’re a sleep talk lover

And you tell on your heart


[Bridge]

[low vocal register]

Tell me this tomorrow

Look me in the eye

Say my name the way

You say it at night

If you still want this

When the sky turns blue

I won’t be a dream

I’ll be right here

You


[Chorus]


[Outro]

[whispered vocals]

Street on your jacket

Night on your tongue

Say it when you’re sober

Like you do when you’re undone

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