the elusive hand of sleep - Stoneman, James Gorczyca

Is ye a man or a mouse in the grandfather clock?

Tick tock, I was lost in the lot

Like a fist to the jaw, came the hand so elusive

When all appeared lost, neither mortal nor god

I was right, I was wrong, it don’t matter, these fingers are long

When the palm of sleep takes you

Take a step, took a step, faithful

In its grasp pulled through the depths, I’m grateful

Pull me down to an abyss

Thought that I was in it deep from the beginning, yeah

Holding on with a fierce grip

This shit won’t let me go, I think it’s time for acceptance

Pull me down to an abyss

Thought that I was in it deep from the beginning, yeah

Holding on with a fierce grip

This shit won’t let me go, I think it’s time for acceptance

I was in the backseat, me and my bottle

Pulling from the glassy, never no model

Strike a deal, barter, quick with it, we busy getting to industries

There ain’t no mo’fucking sympathy

Beaten from boots to the tip of my symmetry

I try to speak with a sprinkle of imagery

If you ain’t know me, you better get into me

I got no rivals, opponents, or enemies

Send me downstream in a matchstick box

This elastic clock stretch chapters

I’ll close my eyes, know again I’ll rise

Till then, Stone food for Blathers

Sleep is a luxury

I was blithing and blustering, but subside in the drudgery

How could you stunt on me?

When there’s only the one of me and the duke of the damned

Is ye a man or a mouse in the grandfather clock?

Tick tock, I was lost in the lot

Like a fist to the jaw, came the hand so elusive

When all appeared lost, neither mortal nor god

I was right, I was wrong, it don’t matter, these fingers are long

When the palm of sleep takes you

Take a step, took a step, faithful

In its grasp pulled through the depths, I’m grateful

Pull me down to an abyss

Thought that I was in it deep from the beginning, yeah

Holding on with a fierce grip

This shit won’t let me go, I think it’s time for acceptance

Pull me down to an abyss

Thought that I was in it deep from the beginning, yeah

Holding on with a fierce grip

This shit won’t let me go, I think it’s time for acceptance

All I ever known was sleep or sit

I’ll accept this, it won’t make a difference

In the end, at least someone’s there to comfort

I’d rather have it this way than to suffer

I forgot the feeling of a gentle touch

Palm of melatonin, suck away the fuss

I forgot the feeling of a gentle touch

Palm of melatonin, suck away the fuss

Knock my ass to sleep

I won’t writhe or scream

Drag my body down

I rest forever now

And when the darkness seeps

I’ll meet the one who reaps

«I need to put you down»

I rest forever now