Sleepless Lyrics - Decemberists

As you lie before me now like a shadow 

On a pea green sea 

Never thought that I could find you so hollow 

Laying into me 

But this cup of wine 

All salt and brines make me sleepy 

And sorrow sows 

A field of tears that will never yield a single penny 

But I don't know 

I've got nothing to hold onto 

Wished for gold so I could buy you a palace 

By the riverside 

You'd come in and I would fill your diamond chalice 

You were still alive 

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But this cup of wine 

All salt and brines make me sleepy 

And sorrow sows 

A field of tears that will never yield a single penny 

But I don't know 

I've got nothing to hold onto 

I've got nothing to hold onto 

Were you sleepless tearing at the air? 

Was the water everywhere? 

Were you fretful to wade into the room? 

I'd been wanting to hear from you - Oh no 

Hand it over (Hand it over) 

Hand it over (Ooh-ooh) 

You're weary laying down 

You did your time so thank you very much 

Hand it over (Hand it over) 

Hand it over (Ooh-ooh) 

So now your hopes are all laid 

But you hand it all away 

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Did his eyelids fix on empty chairs? 

You had traveled to lay beside 

A gentle torture to watch it all recede 

And all the while your mother slept beside him - Oh no 

Hand it over (Hand it over) 

Hand it over (Ooh-ooh) 

You're weary laying down 

You did your time so thank you very much 

Hand it over (Hand it over) 

Hand it over (Ooh-ooh) 

So now your hopes are all laid 

But you hand it all away 

Were you sleepless tearing at the air? 

Was the water everywhere? 

Were you fearful and long to run away 

From the cold clasp of Illinois? - Oh no 

Hand it over (Hand it over) 

Hand it over (Ooh-ooh) 

You're weary laying down 

You did your time so thank you very much 

Hand it over (Hand it over) 

Hand it over (Ooh-ooh) 

So now your hopes are all laid 

But you hand it all away 

But you hand it all away