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Sleeping for 20 years Lyrics by ILUKA

Ritual - EP

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[voice: the edge of time we fall, into nothing, into everything. and so we begin]
[Verse]
Saw you walking, head down on a city street
I stopped you and said jimmy how have you been
It's been a long time, how the years, they fly
You smiled blankly, told me you were getting by
[Pre-Chorus]
Church on Sunday, a job that pays
Found a wife that kept your dreams at bay
You don't mean anything now anyway
It's all the same
[Chorus]
We're all dancing in the dust
We're all chasing after love
Yeah you've just been sleeping
For 20 years babe
There's a lusting in your eyes
A restlessness inside
Yeah you've just been sleeping
For 20 years babe
[Verse]
We talkеd about all the times back when wе were kids
The teacher said we were trouble cause we did what we did
Swore to each other we were going to make it out someday
Gonna change the world, gonna change our names
[Pre-Chorus]
Church on Sunday, a job that pays
Found a wife that kept your dreams at bay
You don't mean anything now anyway
It's all the same
[Chorus]
We're all dancing in the dust
We're all chasing after love
Yeah you've just been sleeping
For 20 years babe
There's a lusting in your eyes
A restlessness inside
Yeah you've just been sleeping
For 20 years babe
[Bridge]
'What's the point?' you said to me
'There's too much pain in living free'
Fear comes beating down your throat ..(?)
I said, 'the only freedom you'll find
Comes from somewhere deep inside
Where the truth and secrets lies
(?) ... left behind'
[Chorus]
We're all dancing in the dust
We're all chasing after love
Yeah you've just been sleeping
For 20 years babe
There's a lusting in your eyes
A restlessness inside
Yeah you've just been sleeping
For 20 years babe
Credits
ILUKA

ILUKA

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