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from Dirge & Dance by New Labour

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lyrics

I watched you shoulder through
the pain to me
your kindly eyes blood red
your hands clenched
like before, we never speak
we study each other
the tears fall
you make your first shot a perfect hit
take me in, in this armistice we've reached

I pull the sheets back
over to the window, I'll look out to
the sorrowful streets
as you speak softly from the sheets
nothing is perfect
the way it should be

don't wake me up yet, I want to stay
here in this armistice we've reached
don't wake me up yet, I want to stay
here with you forever

In the spectres lie
a face of hatred & pain that remains
in the light of day that dies slowly
when you speak from the sheets
a moment of truth that strikes
the tears return
the cotton dampened
just tell me a lie, so I can stay
I don't want to go now
just let me stay

I pull the sheets back
over to the window, I'll look out to
the sorrowful streets
as you speak softly from the sheets
nothing is perfect
the way it should be

don't wake me up yet, I want to stay
here in this armistice we've reached
don't wake me up yet, I want to stay
here in your arms forever

don't wake me up yet, I want to stay
here in this armistice we've reached
don't wake me up yet, I want to stay
I feel like I'm vanishing

don't wake me up yet, I want to stay
I don't want to go, I don't want to move on
don't wake me up yet, I want to stay
the light hurts, I don't want to go

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from Dirge & Dance, released August 3, 2023

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