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Shoot Me in a Dream

by Sleepy Jean

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1.
How Soon? 02:40
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To the ruthless go the spoils Guarded go the meek The timer’s set, the water’s boiled, The ransom laughs, a note I won’t leave And I won’t tell you I can’t bear to speak your name Marching four by four again And they whisper, how soon? How soon? Plunder, pillage, sweep your gaze Along my flesh and bone If I’m only good for what I gave, Why’d you shade my garden with your stone? And I won’t tell you, I can’t bear to speak your name Marching two by two again And they whisper how soon? How soon? Blessed be the ones for whom, the fools do march and sing Blessed be those chosen few Who choose not to rot in long wind middling And I won’t tell you, I can’t bear to speak your name Marching down my spine again And they whisper, how soon? How soon?
2.
Six Feet Deep (with love) 02:30
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I - I have watched you through thin windows I - I would gladly eat your pain I - I would die to be your widower You - don’t even really know my name No you don’t even really know my name Ayeyiyi - ayeyiyi I - I have dreamt of lifetimes greater I - I can bare your weight, your shame I - beg to be your emancipator You - you only feel my love in vain Ayeyiyi - ayeyiyi I - confided each and every crime and You - hold the gun like it’s a glove I - press my fingers to take your hand in mine You - dug the grave out of pure love Oh you - put me six feet deep with love! Ayeyiyi - ayeyiyi - ayeyiyi - ayeyiyi
3.
Left Handed Delights 03:04
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All that matter, all we’ve intertwined So consequential, the loss of your mind Leaning forward, the blade to your ear It’s not your fault, we teach our daughters to fear Blood that runs down the back of the beast Caress my head, push the backs of my knees Head spun circle, a yoke breaking down Tell me, have you forgotten the sound of Our left handed delights Crown your crows in the night Our left handed delights Obey your desires, don’t you play with fire Ground it shifts till it swallows you whole Turn off the light, let the demon play host Can you name him, he’s dragging you down Wear your despair like the sparkling sound of Our left handed delights Crown your crows in the night Our left handed delights Obey your desires, don’t you play with fire
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Once Held My Heart 02:56
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There’ll be no long, drawn out goodbyes Leave me no words to pretty your lies I’ll take one last kiss, and then I’ll depart I’ll be glad, you once held my heart No rivers of moon, or mountains of green Could cure of us of all the trouble we’ve seen And when I feel small, beneath all the stars I’ll be glad, you once held my heart Foreverly wooed by your wits and your charms But I see right through the love you lack in your arms It’s funny, there’s fear in calling our bluff Our love wasn’t blind, it just wasn’t enough Those lingering lips won’t leave any marks And I’ll look unchanged, well for the most part Salt stains shall not stay, tomorrow’s not far I’ll be glad, you once held my heart
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Lonely As I Can Be 03:11
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When you’re not around And the silence stretches down I wish you’d come back to me With the dogs at the door Our good linen on the floor I’m as lonely as I can be And love’s but a game Where I dangle from your string Hoping, pleading When you’re not around I can’t pick up my own frown I wish you’d come back to me And love’s but a game Where I dangle from your string Hoping, bleeding When you’re not around I can’t pick up my own frown I wish you’d come back to me
6.
No Tomorrow 02:52
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Krishana - I’ll let you go Watched you run from where you’d come and where you once had died, you’ll hide Wrap each floorboard with your eyes, the ever subtle compromise of life beyond each cry Pining for the circumstance Two steps behind your best laid plans The pride’s been swallowed, no tomorrow Oh - how you dream to disappear, how you whisper in my ear that there’s just no way out this time - so you seek and so you find, a sleight of hand played in your mind, you’ll twist into that rhyme Drying out your second chance Saving up your final dance The heart’s been borrowed, no tomorrow Like fingers to a cactus tree You think that I could set you free I’ll hold your sorrow, no tomorrow
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Like a Lover 04:47
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Sings his sad songs for dirty lovers Keep my legs crossed underneath his dirty covers He’s not a child, and I’m not a mother Still he rose, he implodes right through my wonder And he holds me Like a lover So tender, like I might break When he leaves, feels like he’s haunting every hallway While I fumble, through the echo of my name And I know, I know, I know - if I don’t make it back home He’ll love me just the same He holds me, like a lover So tender, like I might break If I see he’s going under I brave the water we both change It’s a risk I won’t take, a name I won’t say A game I won’t play, a dance I won’t save I got down on my knees, begging to be released From this tender embrace and this smile on my face Wandered out on my own, down roads I don’t know and hands I won’t hold, a truth I can’t show Stepped outside of myself, and I feel dead now He holds me, like a lover So tender, like I might break Everything, everything
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Human of the Race 02:43
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You were sadness incarnate A barroom brawl waiting to break You were the kind of rain that conjures lightning A subtle roar you can’t contain I pretended to despise you, In that disembodied space You were a man when I met you You were a human of the race You were salt lined and straight terrifyingly clean You were considerate of complaint And affectionately mean So I sat still in your presence The blinds drew lines on your face I wondered if I could offend you You were a human of the race I’ll keep on denying, I’ll wear my frown I’ll keep on lying, I’ll cut you down Try as I might, can’t find a word That you meant insincere You were a maker and a marker, Of grins that stretch ear to ear A sinner and a sparkle A shiver I can’t equate with fear And on every great horizon That I’ll ever face I’ll choose you as my partner, As my human of the race
9.
Sweet Tooth 03:24
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I think I swallowed my own sweet tooth Craved something sour, and that something was you You brought me flowers, rotted in half a day Dead perfume lingers, pooling in the parquet It’s been pretty cool for May It’s been a stolid, salty spring I tried my best to let the light in When you caught and bleached that black cat Well I think I got my magic back! And now I know it’s never been sink or swim, it’s sink or die I think I swallowed my own sweet tooth Craved something sour, and that something was you You brought me sunshine, that the wind chased away So I sit sulking, with my slims in this dark cafe Chasing my troubles away With this half empty bottle of Tanqueray Why does gin always make my hands shake? I’m too drunk, I better be on my way
10.
That's Ok, That's Alright 03:23
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My baby, he’s gone away Said I might see him again, someday But I’m thinking that’s a line He gives to girls he’s loved, when they’ve run out of his time That’s ok, that’s alright I’ll be lonesome till the morning, but the sun will always rise That’s ok, I’ll be fine Got some whiskey and some Joni, to keep me warm tonight My baby, well he’s skipped town I keep watching my front door like he’s coming, knocking back around And though he made me weak in the knees My love outweighed my body but I’m not made to beg or plead That’s ok, that’s alright I’ll be lonesome till the morning, I’ll go searching for the light That’s ok, I’ll be fine Got some cold beer and some Billie to keep me warm tonight That’s ok, that’s alright I’ll be lonesome till the morning, but I’ll always find the light That’s ok, I’ll be fine Got three cigarettes and some Patsy to keep me warm tonight
11.
Mean Ol' Moon 03:20
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Sometimes I’m like a wound that won’t close Like anger’s the only warmth I’m meant to know So I dress in morning light so cold That I might greet the day with eyes of rose Mean ol’ moon - swimming through the stars Shining holes right through my heart And I won’t stitch - myself another scar I’ll pick and pull until I fall apart I hold my sadness like a favourite friend Whose presence I long for time and time again So, when I glow blue I don’t despair I guess that’s just the way I gather air Mean ol’ moon, swimming through the stars Shining holes right through my heart And I won’t stitch, myself another scar I’ll pick and pull until I fall apart My love, he told me once he had a dream That I had died beside him in my sleep He shook me awake just to see If there was air left in my lungs to breathe If there were drums left in my heart to beat If there was life left in my bones to be Mean ol’ moon, swimming through the stars Shining holes right through my heart And I won’t stitch myself another scar I’ll pick and pull until I fall apart - apart

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released July 21, 2023

All songs written by Sleepy Jean.

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11:
Produced/Arranged/Mix: Dajaun Martineau
Drum + Bass Tracking done at Noble Street Studios in Toronto, ON with additional engineering support from Dex Piecowye

Tracks 3, 6, 9:
Produced by Sleepy & Dan Serre
Tracking done at the Barn on Maple in St. Catharines, ON with additional engineering support from Michael Saracino.
Track 3 + 6 mixed by Kenneth Roy Meehan
Track 9 mixed by Dan Serre

Record mastered by Kristian Montano, Montano Mastering.
Release support from Flying Colours Music.

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar: Sleepy
Electric Guitars, Bass: Dan Serre
Drums, Percussion, Vibraphone: Marshall Bureau
Horns: Bryden Baird
Cello & Contrabass: Benjamin Goerzen
Bass on tracks 3,6 & 9: Waylon Glintz
Organ/Synth: Brian Barber
Background vocals on Track 5: Kelsey Gatta

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