Sleep - Mark Eitzel

Now I love all the seven deadly sins

I love to watch them smile on the celebrity smile show

You know that’s the show where everybody wins

A fabulous tour of the hell they already know

And some people know how to trap the light

Like a bird in flight traps the sun

Some keep their lump of coal safely out of sight

Thinking that one day it’ll turn into a diamond

If I had a song that could dissolve you like sleep —

A pedal steel guitar simple and clean —

If I had a song that could dissolve you like sleep

Maybe you’d hear it all through your dream

Now altar boys look good in lace

But they’re not known for their guts or their good nature

Goodness is not some pretty picture you paint

It’s shaking your fist into the face of danger

If I had a song that could dissolve you like sleep —

Sleep is the only gift that they give you —

If I had a song that could dissolve you like sleep

Maybe you’ll have a dream you want to come true

Some saviors weep and weep

And they think their tears are gonna sew the world together

Some saviors live in trouble deep

And die knowing nothing more than failure

If I had a song that could dissolve you like sleep —

Maybe it could save you

If I had a song that could dissolve you like sleep

Maybe it would save you