how rare and beautiful it is to even exist

"with golden strings, our universe was brought to life"

[sleeping-at-last-lyrics]

// hi! wow it's been a while since i touched this blog. last time i did, i was in high school, and now i'm starting my last year of university in a little over a month. wild

i've sort of lost interest in sleeping at last, hence the inactivity, but i do still listen to his songs from time to time, and still enjoy the lyrics a lot. i can't guarantee that this blog will be super active in the future, but i've queued up a few lyrics, and am open to lyric submissions! so if there's any lyrics that you particularly like and would like to see exist, just shoot me an ask!

i think that's about it. have a nice (insert timezone here)!

[sleeping-at-last-lyrics]

you taught me the courage of stars

before you left.

how light carries on endlessly

even after death

with shortness of breath you'll explain

the infinite

how rare and beautiful it is

to even exist

i couldnt help but ask

you to say it all again

i tried to write it down

but i could never find a pen

i'd give anything to hear

you say it one more time

that the universe was made

just to be seen by my eyes

i couldn't help but ask

you to say it all again

i tried to write it down

but i could never find a pen

i'd give anything to hear

you say it one more time

that the universe was made

just to be seen by my eyes...

(with shortness of breath, i'll explain

the infinite.

how rare

and beautiful

it truly is

that we exist.)

[sleeping-at-last-lyrics]

you taught me the courage of stars

before you left.

how light carries on endlessly

even after death

with shortness of breath you'll explain

the infinite

how rare and beautiful it is

to even exist

i couldnt help but ask

you to say it all again

i tried to write it down

but i could never find a pen

i'd give anything to hear

you say it one more time

that the universe was made

just to be seen by my eyes

i couldn't help but ask

you to say it all again

i tried to write it down

but i could never find a pen

i'd give anything to hear

you say it one more time

that the universe was made

just to be seen by my eyes...

(with shortness of breath, i'll explain

the infinite.

how rare

and beautiful

it truly is

that we exist.)

[sleeping-at-last-lyrics]

you taught me the courage of stars

before you left.

how light carries on endlessly

even after death

with shortness of breath you'll explain

the infinite

how rare and beautiful it is

to even exist

i couldnt help but ask

you to say it all again

i tried to write it down

but i could never find a pen

i'd give anything to hear

you say it one more time

that the universe was made

just to be seen by my eyes

i couldn't help but ask

you to say it all again

i tried to write it down

but i could never find a pen

i'd give anything to hear

you say it one more time

that the universe was made

just to be seen by my eyes...

(with shortness of breath, i'll explain

the infinite.

how rare

and beautiful

it truly is

that we exist.)

[sleeping-at-last-lyrics]

I only want what's real.

I set aside the highlight reel.

And leave my greatest failures on display

With an asterisk*

*worthy of love anyway

[sleeping-at-last-lyrics]

and i finally see myself

through the eyes of no one else

(it's so exhausting on this silver screen, where i play the role of anyone but me.)

[sleeping-at-last-lyrics]

What if we already are who we've been dying to become?

In certain light, I can plainly see,

A reflection of magnificence

Hidden in you

(maybe even in me.)

[sleeping-at-last-lyrics]

I'm stuck

swimming

in shadows

down here,

(it's been forever since I came up for air.)

[sleeping-at-last-lyrics]

but I've fallen in love

with a ghost

i lost my balance

when i needed it most

[sleeping-at-last-lyrics]

I'm turning out the lights

to remember how to see.

[sleeping-at-last-lyrics]

like firewood burning bright

in the dead of winter

by only a flicker

we cling to this life

[sleeping-at-last-lyrics]

Identical Words

how they feel brand new against different time frames

[sleeping-at-last-lyrics]

when we grew up, our shadows grew up too,

but they're just old ghosts that we grew attached to.

the tragic flaw is that they hide the truth

[sleeping-at-last-lyrics]

You're enough, you're enough, you're enough,

You are enough,

(these little words, somehow they're changing us)

You're enough, you're enough,

You are enough.

(so we let our shadows fall away like dust.)

[sleeping-at-last-lyrics]

You are so much more than your father's son,

You are so much more than what I've become.

[sleeping-at-last-lyrics]

Let the years we're here

Be kind, be kind

[sleeping-at-last-lyrics]

i dig 'til my shovel tells a secret,

swear to the earth that i will keep it,

brush off the dirt,

and let my change of heart occur.