Brett Dennen - So Long Sweet Misery lyrics

So Long, my misery I don't need you you've only caused me grief forgive me if I fall asleep I haven't slept in centuries Daylight lives like a burden for me so I escape sent it strewn about the street beyond the ruins of my ancestry far past the pages of my disbelief I rose from my moat like a ghost from a grave sunken in the salty eyes of the wandering displaced I was heading through the mist across the golden gate all of my rebellions fall into the fog of fate So long my misery I don't need you you've only caused me grief forgive me if I fall asleep I haven't slept in centuries Spring time came again and Icarus fell I flew past the numb lipped nuns who'll never tell the secrets of the sailors and their 7 year spell I will not fall, nor will my wings ever melt if I could I would wash all these wounds away I would surround your room with a sense of mental grace I would paint your portrait over everything mundane more colorful than Easter Sunday so long my misery I don't need you you've only caused me grief forgive me if I fall asleep I haven't slept in centuries put me on a boat leave my inhibitions at bay my mind is spilling but I haven't much to say I was running through the canyons pulse the echoes of your name you were laughing at me like the sun laughs at a flame put me on a page in a book of beginnings let me scroll me through old volumes of ancient teachings let me reveal in all of these forgotten feelings lay me with the wretched in the arms of my queen so long sweet misery I don't need you you've only caused me grief forgive me if I fall asleep I haven't slept in centuries [x2] no I haven't slept in centuries I haven't slept in centuries