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Sleep Apnea

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There sat a new test
Much harder that you bought in
As for the unseen, just take care of what you will
Light the silent alarm
We never think that we're missing much 'til

I gasp and hold my breath
These needs have changed so deep
To face you all and say
I've been awake for

I need a new test
Then I set out to choose someone to
Light the soul like a kiln
Just imagine us chasing this with
Eyes scorned from sleep apnea
A slight of tongue as the seas are emptying

I gasp and hold my breath
These needs have changed so deep
To face you all and say
I've been awake for

Ever
Ever
Ever
Ever

Try to read off a letter that's falling apart
The sun and the moon I count sheep
Escape like an animal ready for my sleepless stroll

I found these shifting hours mistakenly used up

So I gasp and hold my breath
These needs have changed so deep
To face you all and say
I've been awake for years

I gasp and hold my breath
These needs have changed so deep
To face you all and say
I've been awake for

Ever
Ever
Ever
Ever

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beiselb On Aug 24, 2009

The Red

The Clincher

Send The Pain Below

Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)

Closure

There sat a new test
Much harder that you bought in
As for the unseen, just take care of what you will
Light the silent alarm
We never think that we're missing much 'til

I gasp and hold my breath
These needs have changed so deep
To face you all and say
I've been awake for

I need a new test
Then I set out to choose someone to
Light the soul like a kiln
Just imagine us chasing this with
Eyes scorned from sleep apnea
A slight of tongue as the seas are emptying

I gasp and hold my breath
These needs have changed so deep
To face you all and say
I've been awake for

Ever
Ever
Ever
Ever

Try to read off a letter that's falling apart
The sun and the moon I count sheep
Escape like an animal ready for my sleepless stroll

I found these shifting hours mistakenly used up

So I gasp and hold my breath
These needs have changed so deep
To face you all and say
I've been awake for years

I gasp and hold my breath
These needs have changed so deep
To face you all and say
I've been awake for

Ever
Ever
Ever
Ever

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adam108634

2014-07-29 04:52:40

beiselb

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2009-08-24 18:46:19

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by Holix

12y ago

Reading it...Knowing what sleep apnea is...Makes sense...for me though..i connect cuz i feel like im missing something when i sleep or like that time could've been spent doing something better..and in a way i feel like im killing myself when i do it..which is why i think this one has a double meaning...cuz the line ''these needs have changed so deep'' is ,to me, saying he has other priorities other than sleep plus some other lines..

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by Love&light

11y ago

I believe this song is about the ancient flower of life/ MERKABA meditation it's also a sacred geometric structure for conciousness.
" I GASP AND HOLD MY BREATH " Sounds like the 17+1 pranayama breaths you take in the MERKABA meditation ... (( Breath 1: place your hands in the following, thumb and first finger together, palms up. Empty lungs. Begin the breath taught above. Nostrils only. On the IN breath visualize red light, open your root chakra, HOLD BREATH , pulse the breath, short inhale. Exhale, slowly out of the nose, fill the upper tetrahedron with red light than the lower. Pause, pulse the eyes. )) " THESE NEEDS HAVE CHANGED SO DEEP" meaning he no longer feels the physical/ material world is empty and cant give the fulfillment he desires but more of the need to be deeply connected to a higher or spiritual source. " TO FACE YOU ALL AND SAY IVE BEEN AWAKE FOR YEARS/EVER" that he's been sleeping and finally reached some amount of enlightenment "awake"

  practicing this meditation and I've always felt that this song is about this meditation by Drunvalo Melchizedek

Please check out these links if maybe you think the same

http://www.crystalinks.com/merkabah.html

http://youtu.be/595EbON0kMQ

Love & light

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by williamxz9 8y ago

@Love&light i created an account here just to reply you that what you wrote gave some really good giggles

by kaw4f

17y ago

easily my favorite song on the cd along with this circus, i know it sounds crazy but when i listen to this it sounds to me like he's talking about being abducted by aliens or something along those lines, it would go along with the album title at least, i know its a reach but oh well, its only after a few listens. i dont know how you got anything out of the part when he says "escape like an animal" because the animal part just sounds like mumbling to me but it seems to fit so good job.

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by williamxz9 8y ago

@kaw4f LOL WHAT did you say being abducted by aliens? LMAOROFLWTFLOL

by zomgz3r0

16y ago

There sat a new test Much harder that you bought in As for the unseen Just take care of what you will Light the silent alarm We never think that We're missing much Till

I gasp and hold my breath These needs had changed so deep To face you all and say I've been awake for years / forever

I need a new test Then I set out to choose Someone to Light the soul like a kiln Just imagine us chasing this with Eyes scorned from sleep apnea A slight of tongue as the seas Are emptying

Try to read off a letter that's Falling apart The sun and the moon I count sheep Escape like an animal I'm ready for My sleepless stroll

I've felt these shifting hours Mistakenly used up

100% correct, from the booklet in the new album :D Awesome song

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by adam108634 12y ago

YES!!! these are the correct lyrics here!

by Lemon Scented

17y ago

This is my 3rd Favorite song off the new album. Number one and two are:

Letter From A Thief
This Circus
Sleep Apnea With A New Momentum running a close fourth.

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by XxChevellionxX

17y ago

I think this dude copied and pasted the lyrics I interpreted on Youtube and changed some of it up, but it doesn't matter...

"light the sun like a kiln" "then i set out to choose someone" "the sun and the moon i can't cheat" "i found these shifting hours mistakenly used up"

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by beiselb 17y ago

What??? I didn't copy anything??? Get over yourself.

by XxChevellionxX 17y ago

I wasn't blaming you. Jeez...

It's just that the part where it said the following was exactly like mine (except I said cheat instead of see) on Youtube: "Try to read off a letter that's falling apart The sun and the moon I can't see Escape like an animal I'm ready for my sleepless stroll"

Like I said tho it doesn't matter since you changed some of it up. :P

by XxChevellionxX 17y ago

and if you are bbeisel on Youtube you even sent me a comment saying "Niceï»¿ work. It seems pretty close to me"

so ha...lol

by cfdemarco

17y ago

The chorus is:

I gasp and hold me breath These needs have chains so deep To face you all the same I've been awake for...

Also, in the second verse:

Eyes scorned from sleep apnea A slight of tongue as the seas are emptied

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by beiselb 17y ago

Yea I couldn't decide between chains or changed. Tough to make out..

Same with gone and scorned. Thought about that too.

Guess we'll find out next week.

by beiselb 17y ago

After listening to it again I agree with you on chains so I changed it.

by adam108634 12y ago

"as the seas are emptying"

by ~dreamer~

17y ago

That's what Pete has said about this song: "'Sleep Apnea' is sort of a, it's kind of a joke how when you're on tour you're always trying to catch up on your sleep. It's just a heavy rock song that I would love to hear on the radio." (proof link www.ultimate-guitar. com/news/upcoming_releases/chevelle_tentative_album_title_revealed.html)

So, we know the meaning of these lyrics :)

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by maulled

17y ago

"try to read off a letter that's falling apart" obviously a letter from a theif lol

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by beiselb

16y ago

After listening to the acoustic version of this I think the lyrics are 100% accurate or pretty darn close now.

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