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Sleep Machine

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somethings melt away as night dissolves to day
somethings only stay silent darkness slowly kills me
i turn to you and stir your blank expression
youre the one for me
help me get to sleep nighty night goodnight

thing isn't right
seems that every night i need you
more and more you take me away
more and more i need you to stay
more and more distract me from the instant loss of
light
more and more
i need you tonight . .
come let's go for awhile
and pretend you're mine for a while
come let's go . .
more and more you take me away
more and more i need you to stay
more and more distract me from the instance loss of
light
more and more i need you
g o o d n i g h t

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shiverforme On Dec 27, 2001

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2001-12-27 20:23:59

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by StellarColie

24y ago

this is one of my favorites by PP. i think the lyrics are pretty self-explanitory, it's about needing someone. but i just wanted to say that i really like this song.

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by AlternateLauren

24y ago

Actually, Jaques from the band said this...

"Jacques: A lot of people think this is a cheesy love song. But it’s actually about my love/hate relationship with my television. For a while, I couldn’t fall asleep unless the TV was on."

I liked the song more after I read that :)

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by hoyden

21y ago

thats so awesome... now i, too, like this song even more because its about a television.

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by kaleidoscopeeyes8

21y ago

I am usually not one for sappy love songs, but I really like this song, and although I find the idea that it is about tv quite hilarious, it also kind of ruins the song for me. I was happy in my little world where it was about someone, and not something.

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by kaleidoscopeeyes8

21y ago

There is too much emotion in his voice when he is singing for me to want to believe it is about something so materialistic.

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by clarix

20y ago

TV?! that makes more sense now!! right at the very beginning of the song, it seems as if a TV show host is saying something...

I LOVE THIS SONG!

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