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Artist: Soft Machine
Canonical path: /soft-machine/why-are-we-sleeping
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Why Are We Sleeping?
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Why Are We Sleeping?
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It begins with a blessing, it ends with a curse
Making life easy by making it worse
"My mask is my master", the trumpeter weeps
But his voice is so weak, as he speaks from his sleep
Saying: "Why, why, why... Why are we sleeping?"
People are watching, people who stare
Waiting for something that's already there
"Tomorrow I'll find it", the trumpeter screams
And remembers he's hungry, and drowns in his dreams
Saying: "Why, why, why... Why are we sleeping?"
My head is a nightclub with glasses and wine
The customers dancing or just making time
While Daevid is cursing, the customers scream
Now everyone's shouting, "Get out of my dream!"
Saying: "Why, why, why... Why are we sleeping?"
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Soft Machine performs "Why Are We Sleeping?", and this lyric page sits inside the Soft Machine catalog on LyroVerse.
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