When I sleep


Everything is just the same


You are still my darlin' dear

And I'm still the boy that's on your brain


When I sleep


Everything still feels alright


You're still smilin' back at me

in my dreams, throughout the night


When I sleep


I can talk to you again


I can ask you how your day was

I can ask you how you've been


When I sleep


I don't question why you left


I don't question where you went

And I don't question your great theft


But when I wake

All the pain

returns

times three


That's why I sleep

And sleep

While I'm asleep,

from this anguish

I am free


When I wake

I see that lonely space

and cry


The place I felt your sweet embrace

in my bed,

where you used to lie