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Sleepwalker Lyrics
I should be calling collect from jail
for the things I commit each night in my head
Like last night in my sleep I got to snuff you?
then I woke up again, safe in my little bed
No one is safe
When I close my eyes
I come to take your life
I get to force your untimely disappearance
each night in my dreams when I'm fast asleep
I close my eyes and you just vanish
Soon as I lay down my head when I'm dead to the whole wide world
No one is safe
When I close my eyes
I come to take your life
And then I wake up
And it was all just a dream
And everything is the same
(Sleepwalker)
Did I give you concrete shoes
and throw your body off of a bridge
(sleepwalker)
When I lay down to sleep
Pray your soul's mine to keep
(Sleepwalker........)
I feel you near me
(Solo: Glen Drover)
(Sleepwalker)
Just taking a stroll
Don't go to sleep
Here's some toothpicks for your eyes
You always make an excellent cadaver
I roll up your body in a carpet to make music
In the trunk of my limousine, wrapped up in a rug
A fitting end is that I send you up the river like a punk
No one is safe
When I close my eyes
I come to take your life
The Angel of Death is pissed off at me again
Just because I got to put you out of my misery
It doesn't matter I am without fear
Now that you're dead I won't shed another bloody tear for you
No one is safe
When I close my eyes
I come to take your life
Calling you in a buckwheat
Then you'll sleep with the fishes
The answer to all of my wishes
(Sleepwalker)
Did I tell you I was in movies
then dump you garroted lying naked in a ditch
(sleepwalker)
Every day
Another way
(Sleepwalker........)
I know you can hear me
(solo: Dave Mustaine)
(solo: Glen Drover)
Maybe you'd look nice in a Columbian Neck-tie
Should stop your tongue from wagging the dog
Pull it through for a smile from ear to ear
No more stupidity, now there's nothing to hear
No one is safe
When I close my eyes
I come to take your life
And then I wake up again
And it was all just a dream
And everything is still the same
Did I give you concrete shoes
and throw your body off of a bridge
(sleepwalker)
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray your soul's mine to keep
(Sleepwalker........)
I feel you near me
(Sleepwalker)
Or did I tell you I was in movies
then dump you garroted lying naked in a ditch
(sleepwalker)
Every day
Another way
(Sleepwalker........)
I know you can hear me
Did I buy you the farm
Or put a horse head in your bed
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray your soul's mine to keep
Fear me
Every day
Every day another way
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray your soul's mine to keep
I know you can hear me
for the things I commit each night in my head
then I woke up again, safe in my little bed
When I close my eyes
I come to take your life
each night in my dreams when I'm fast asleep
Soon as I lay down my head when I'm dead to the whole wide world
When I close my eyes
I come to take your life
And it was all just a dream
And everything is the same
Did I give you concrete shoes
and throw your body off of a bridge
(sleepwalker)
When I lay down to sleep
Pray your soul's mine to keep
(Sleepwalker........)
I feel you near me
(Sleepwalker)
Don't go to sleep
Here's some toothpicks for your eyes
I roll up your body in a carpet to make music
In the trunk of my limousine, wrapped up in a rug
A fitting end is that I send you up the river like a punk
When I close my eyes
I come to take your life
Just because I got to put you out of my misery
It doesn't matter I am without fear
Now that you're dead I won't shed another bloody tear for you
When I close my eyes
I come to take your life
Then you'll sleep with the fishes
The answer to all of my wishes
Did I tell you I was in movies
then dump you garroted lying naked in a ditch
(sleepwalker)
Every day
Another way
(Sleepwalker........)
I know you can hear me
(solo: Glen Drover)
Should stop your tongue from wagging the dog
Pull it through for a smile from ear to ear
No more stupidity, now there's nothing to hear
When I close my eyes
I come to take your life
And it was all just a dream
And everything is still the same
and throw your body off of a bridge
(sleepwalker)
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray your soul's mine to keep
(Sleepwalker........)
I feel you near me
Or did I tell you I was in movies
then dump you garroted lying naked in a ditch
(sleepwalker)
Every day
Another way
(Sleepwalker........)
I know you can hear me
Or put a horse head in your bed
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray your soul's mine to keep
Fear me
Every day another way
I pray your soul's mine to keep
I know you can hear me
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Are you fucking kidding me?
The intro of Lonely Day is something like this:
Eb -------------------------------------------------------- Bb -------1------------0------------1------------0------- Gb -----2---2--------2---2--------0---0--------1---1---- Db ---2-------2----3-------3----2-------2----2-------2-- Ab -0-------------------------3--------------------------- Db --------------3-------------------------2--------------
While the intro of Sleepwalker is something like this:
E|----------0--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------0-----0---------------0-----------------0-------------------------| G|----0-----------0---------0-----0-----------0-----0----------0------0----| D|--2--------------------2-----------0-----0-----------0-----0---0--2------| A|--------------------3-----------------2-----------------0----------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------0--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------0-----0---------------0-----------------0-------------------------| G|----0-----------0---------0-----0-----------0-----0----------0-----------| D|--2--------------------2-----------0-----0-----------0-----0-------------| A|--------------------3-----------------2-----------------0----------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------3-2-0----|
How are they identical???!!!
Who are System Of A Down to steal a song from anyway? especially when we're talking about Megadeth!
Oh man... Now I HAVE TO HAVE THIS ALBUM. If for no other reason, this song right here. Much better than anything on The System Has Failed. And that's saying something. This ranks a lot closer to Rust In Peace or Countdown to Extinction.
Fan-ranting aside... It seems to be a song about someone who has a strong desire to kill someone, and obviously dreams about it in multiple methods. Pretty straightforward to me. Just a song about urges to kick someones' ass to death. Or, should I say deth?
someone who has constant dreams about murdering a loved one, and dreams it so much that it's all he thinks about, and eventualy he dose it for real
cant wait for UA
Sorry for double posting. just to correct the Sleepwalker intro:
E|--------0------------------------------------------| B|------0---0---------0-----------0------------------| G|----0-------0-----0---0-------0---0-------0-----0--| D|--2-------------0-------0---0-------0---0---0-2----| A|---------------0-----------2-----------0------------| E|---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------0------------------------------------------| B|------0---0---------0-----------0------------------| G|----0-------0-----0---0-------0---0-------0--------| D|--2-------------0-------0---0-------0---0----------| A|---------------0-----------2-----------0------------| E|------------------------------------------------3-2-0--|
I personally like the lyrics. The line "The angel of death is pissed off at me again" sounds very Rust In Peace. Another reason Megadeth > Metallica, at least when they say they're going to go back to a style, they actually fucking mean it =D
It's about a guy how has dreams/nightmares about killing people close to him, and he's worried that eventually he'll actually do it
I proper love this song. =] The lyrics are bit..mehhh.
But i love mustaines voice when he sings this bit, No one is safe When I close my eyes I come to take your life
Amazing. =]
love this song, imo one of the best on the album
i think it has something to due with the media/culture of todays society since the words reference a lot of movies
"Did I tell you I was in movies" "Or put a horse head in your bed"
and how in dreams people can do what they cant in everyday life (i.e. kill people)
My favorite Megadeth song. \m/
no man the tuning makes it sound exact Daron (SOAD) uses like crazy tuning and hey its my opinion i love megadeth and system of a down. the tuning in tht tab is wrong btw i kno how to play lonely day the tunings off. lol just sayin