Downer
from Idle Hands by Sleepy Jean
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lyrics
I saw how you were drawn
To the kind effervescent beings
That live outside the lines we like to draw to assign meaning
So I slipped out of my body
Went to the edges of my being
I didn't try to trim the hedge or to tidy up the leaves and -
I wondered if you saw me now
I'm at the outer limit
How much longer can I hold out?
Is there a line where I can finish?
I guess I never really understood it
I never gave a second glance
The only question in my heart was how to hold happiness in my hands
Not to spread myself so much thinner
The thoughts that spiral with no answer
Don't want attention as a quitter so I became a great romancer
I wondered if you saw me now
I'm at the outer limit
How much longer can I hold out?
Is there a line where I can finish?
Don't really wanna let you down
And I don't wanna be a downer
Maybe it's better to drown
Then to stay afloat and flounder
Went and let you down
I don't wanna be a downer
Maybe it's better to drown
Then to stay afloat and flounder
To the kind effervescent beings
That live outside the lines we like to draw to assign meaning
So I slipped out of my body
Went to the edges of my being
I didn't try to trim the hedge or to tidy up the leaves and -
I wondered if you saw me now
I'm at the outer limit
How much longer can I hold out?
Is there a line where I can finish?
I guess I never really understood it
I never gave a second glance
The only question in my heart was how to hold happiness in my hands
Not to spread myself so much thinner
The thoughts that spiral with no answer
Don't want attention as a quitter so I became a great romancer
I wondered if you saw me now
I'm at the outer limit
How much longer can I hold out?
Is there a line where I can finish?
Don't really wanna let you down
And I don't wanna be a downer
Maybe it's better to drown
Then to stay afloat and flounder
Went and let you down
I don't wanna be a downer
Maybe it's better to drown
Then to stay afloat and flounder
credits
from Idle Hands,
released July 16, 2021
Written + Performed by Sleepy Jean
Guitar + Bass: Dan Serre
Drums: Marshall Bureau
Piano: Brian Barber
Engineered + Mixed by Dan Serre, Nitch Audio
Mastered by Kristian Montano, Montano Mastering
Written + Performed by Sleepy Jean
Guitar + Bass: Dan Serre
Drums: Marshall Bureau
Piano: Brian Barber
Engineered + Mixed by Dan Serre, Nitch Audio
Mastered by Kristian Montano, Montano Mastering
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Jul 2023 -
Jul 2021
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