Sometimes when you’re softly singing in my ear
Lying down from behind me, grasping my shoulder
You laugh and your breath tickles down my neck
And your hand finds me better than I could ever find you.
Even when your hair gets tangled in mine
You seem to smile…
You shake my arm and wake my sleeping eyes
It’s 2:52 and the thunder’s too loud
You wake me to ask me if you can play guitar
And you always thank me when I laugh
An acoustic instrumental version of Immortality
And your fingers slip for a moment
Trace those tips like a precise tattoo artist
And switch … “Let Me Sleep” you agree to yourself for me.
It’s the same every stormy night
And when it’s not raining
When the lightning isn’t flickering in your eyes
You stay up all night coming up with lyrics that never match your words
You tell me it makes no sense
But I know you understand it.
Sometimes you fall asleep on purpose…
Still unsure why
I ask you if you believe in heaven
“It’s funny”, you say, when I speak religion
Then never answer me
The sun falls to bed and we return
To the sheets we share
Kiss my shoulder and wait through one more night
For our hair to get tangled again
And I can feel you smiling
Stop focusing on sleep to ask you
And you said “who needs heaven?”
And shut off the light
Immortality - song by Pearl Jam
Let Me Sleep - song by Pearl Jam