Sleeping Sleepers Sleep Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Caaveman82 

Cover art for Sleeping Sleepers Sleep lyrics by Portugal. The Man

This song is about how dangerous love is, in my opinion. He is singing this song to the one that was his all but destroyed him, so he killed her.

Shave our heads. Strip our clothes.

(Strip us down to nothing and see what remains)

Burn them books, but the mind still grows.

(All he needs in life is her, she opens new doors for him even if they had nothing)

We people, we're dangerous things.

(We have great potential for hurting eachother)

Sheltered mind, a fear of rings, fear of time, and missin' links.

(This woman is maybe not the most worldly. She has a fear of commitment but at the same time she is afraid of being alone.)

We all once were. We all once were.

(Maybe here he is saying we all used to be like that but it is time to grow up?)

And I'll walk till' my legs are broken.

(He just killed the woman he loved. He has a lot to think about.)

I was up walking and you were the shoes.

(Her memmory is what drove him to walk.)

Bored with the thoughts you thought I could use.

(He is saying he sees through all this girls manipulative BS finally.)

Any way I am not going to go through the entire song but this is my opinion.