The Old Witch Sleep and the Good Man Grace

'The Old Witch Sleep and the Good Man Grace' is the 6th song on The Amazing Devil's third album ruin.

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There’s a fire burning And I’m learning to be So much more than my tiredness So much more than that old witch sleep wishes She kisses my eyelids And I breathe

You don’t have to be brilliant She says as she scrolls Through the rolls that the millions Of hollering hollow folk know how to play It’s ok They’re just shadows searching for light They can’t stay

Sleep now, oh, she says Tomorrow’s jokes have yet to be laughed at or said Just rest now, she moans Then the hollow folk come Pour me wine by my bed And their dead hollers hum at the things that I’ve said And say no, no, no, no

Cos you are in the earth of me You are in the earth of me My head’s not yours it’s mine Cos you are in the earth of me

Somehow now I’m drinking And I’m lifting my glass To that last good man grace Who has left me, he’s left me at last And I laugh, and I laugh Cos laughing right now, it’s all, all that I have

You’re better than this He says as a hand slaps my face as I stand And say no good man grace I can’t do this (you can) I can’t do this (you can) I can’t do this (you can) I can’t do this you don’t understand

Sleep now, she pleads You’re not a coward cos you cower You brave because they broke you Yet broken still you breathe So breathe, breathe just breathe

Then the hollow folk pour me Another shard full of glass And I toast to their talents And I forgive them at last Cos I know, oh I know, I know

That you are in the earth of me You are in the earth of me My head’s not yours it’s mine And I’ll take my fucking time Cos I know, I know, I know

Let’s bury this

I’m all yours You’re all mine Let’s dance together You and I

Cos I’m not trapped With you you see You’re the one who’s Trapped with me

Cos I’ve been here so many times before Don’t you think I look pretty Curled up on this bathroom floor Cos where you see weakness I see wit Sometimes I fall to pieces Just to see what bits of me don’t fit

Cos I when I stand oh those folks will run And tell the tales of what I’ve become They’ll speak of me in whispered tones And say my name like it shakes their bones

Cos we’ll dance together so close we’re sharing breath But now I’m leading doesn’t that just scare you to death

Cos I’m all yours You’re all mine Let’s dance together You and I

Cos I’m not trapped With you you see You’re the one who’s Trapped with me

Cos you are in the earth of me You are in the earth of me My head’s not yours it’s mine And I’ll take my fucking time Cos I know, I know, I know