Vengeance Is Sleeping
Neko Case"Vengeance Is Sleeping" is a song by Neko Case, released in 2009 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:02 long and contains 29 lines and 184 words.
0:14I didn't know what a brute I was
0:21I dipped my cigarette and rode the bus
0:29Vengeance built me hastily
0:32And I drag the clanging notion I was nobody nobody
0:40Nobody
0:52All I had was my invention
0:56And my love it fitted on you
1:00Oh look what thoughts can do
1:04What thoughts can do
1:08If you're not by now dead and buried
1:11You're most certifiably married
1:19Oh married
1:35I'm sure you're sleeping sound
1:39With a mistress of the hours
1:43The hours that grind your life to dust
1:51Oh easy loves
1:52You keep lap pets
1:55Denied them you are powerless
1:58Whatever keeps you sleeping through the night
2:07I'm not the man you thought I was
2:14My love has never lived indoors
2:22I had to drag it home by force
2:26Hired hounds at both my wrists
2:30Damp and bruised by stranger's kisses on my lips
2:38But you're the one that I still miss
2:42You're the one that I still miss
2:45And the truth is that it comes as no surprise
2:54I'm not the man you think I am
3:02I'm not the man you think I am
I didn't know what a brute I was I dipped my cigarette and rode the bus Vengeance built me hastily And I drag the clanging notion I was nobody nobody Nobody All I had was my invention And my love it fitted on you Oh look what thoughts can do What thoughts can do If you're not by now dead and buried You're most certifiably married Oh married I'm sure you're sleeping sound With a mistress of the hours The hours that grind your life to dust Oh easy loves You keep lap pets Denied them you are powerless Whatever keeps you sleeping through the night I'm not the man you thought I was My love has never lived indoors I had to drag it home by force Hired hounds at both my wrists Damp and bruised by stranger's kisses on my lips But you're the one that I still miss You're the one that I still miss And the truth is that it comes as no surprise I'm not the man you think I am I'm not the man you think I am
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