It's Not Only Sleep Songtext
von Double Negative

Through the night
You′re waiting by
The window but it was shut tight
And a mist appeared
You're darker now
Your eyes dim as you say goodnight
I still see your fractured silhouette
Why did you leave me behind
You′re further from me with each
Tick of the clock and I'm barely hanging on
And down there I watch you fly
Like Peter Pan beneath the sky
In the worlds between us they're letting go
It′s not only sleep in the words I know
And up there do you dance with your shadow
Are you still floating through the sky
All except one carried away
Through space and time I scream out your name
I jump but my hand fell through yours
My breath slows to stop as I hit the ground


In blades of white fire I forever lie
The sadness captured in your eyes
As my heart stops
I reach out to the stars blinking above
And down there I watch you fly
Like Peter Pan beneath the sky
In the worlds between us they′re letting go
It's not only sleep in the words I know
And up there do you dance with your shadow
Are you still floating through the sky
All except one carried away
And forever we will fall
In the endless we′re letting go
Hold me tonight and we'll say goodbye nevermore
And down there I watch you fly
Like Peter Pan beneath the sky
In the worlds between us they′re letting go
It's not only sleep in the words I know
And up there do you dance with your shadow
Are you still floating through the sky