She Only Sleeps Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Salvar 

Cover art for She Only Sleeps lyrics by David Byrne

I'm not so certain about this now, but my first impression on hearing this song was that it was a play on words--specifically, the title. As the song begins, it seems like he's saying "she only has sex with me", but as it progresses, the exact same phrase begins to mean the precise opposite--"with me, she only sleeps". Pretty clever.

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