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8 Full Hours of Sleep Lyrics
when you sleep, there's no such thing as homeless. when you sleep, you can't feel the hunger. when you sleep, no one is lonely in a dream. without classes, without nations. when you sleep, she's standing there with open arms and one night could last forever, and if you asked her, she'd never let go. and you'd stay forever. and the sun's always rising in the sky somewhere. and if young hearts should explode from all the lies they've been told, let the new night bring you peace. and the promise of tomorrow. where can we wake to a new beginning. tomorrow, i'll all but have lost their faces, my friends and family. memories of all we had and the times we should have lived. and tomorrow america just might fall apart. tomorrow, tell me where will you wake up. beyond title, beyond lease, careers and laws. something more than borders on a map. and the sun's always falling in the sky somewhere. and if young hearts should explode, from all the lies they've been told. to live through one night like this...i would trade it for the silence.
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this song is amazing - perfect ending for a fabulous cd. "i would trade it... for the silence...." leaves you with the feeling of absolute, final, and ending.
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against me! is awesome. anyone catch 'em live? amazing.
i think the suns always rising in the sky somewhere is a fantastic line. Its good in the fact that tomorrow is a new day but its also bad in the fact that you have to wake up from the dream ur having. the opposing themes are beautiful.
This song is awesome.
this song is so so good.
just...so good.
I agree with these_Chains. The ending is amazing. This song simply put is about...when you sleep how its really such an escape from the truths of the world homelessnses, hunger, lonlieness, lies, social classes, nations, etc.
Oh yes, one of the finest closing songs for its album I've heard to date. Others that come to mind are "GGF" on Rancid's 2000 s/t, the title track on Oasis' b-side collection disc 'The Masterplan', "Minstrel Boy" on Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros' 'Global a Go-Go' record and "Silver and Gold" from 'Streetcore', but yeah, sorry to go off topic, I just had to qive a quick mention to those classic album closers as "8 Full Hours of Sleep" is.
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absolutely my favorite against me song. beautiful.
"And if young hearts should explode... from all the lies they've been told"
So fucking powerful. That line gives me chills every time.