No Sleep Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ultimatejerk 

Cover art for No Sleep lyrics by Sam Roberts

St. Catherine and St. Laurent are intersecting streets, in Montreal. This intersection is particularly infamous for it's prostitutes. I belive that this song is about a man who just couldn't pick a girl and settle down.

Second stanza is about the hooker (that he's been to, or that's an ex of his): she doesn't recognize me, and she just calls out for people the more i think about this, the harder time i have figuring out what it really means... the hooker being an ex could be a sort of foreshadowing on how bleak his future will be if he continues like this

Saturday is THE party night by excellence

Minor translation corrections: (as part of it is actually sung in the past perfect) A pretty girl Passed me ever so close She stopped time At the corner of St. Catherine and St. Laurent

She looked at me and she smiled She made me think of nothing at that moment But like the wind, she left And I'm awake Yea I'm awake