Will I Be Able To Sleep Again?

WILL I BE ABLE TO SLEEP AGAIN [VERSE 1 — FINGERPICKED ACOUSTIC CENTER / CLOSE-MIC / SOFT RAIN WIDE / TAPE HISS] It’s getting late again, and I’ve got this feeling in my chest. I used to turn the light off and disappear into the sheets, now the moon comes through my window and brings you back to me. I used to love the silence, the way the whole house settled down, now every quiet little moment somehow turns your volume up. [WHISPER “volume up” — R] Your voice gets caught in the ceiling, your laugh lives under my skin, and every time I close my eyes the whole damn room starts spinning. [GUITAR HARMONICS ORBIT L→R] I wonder what you’re doing, if I cross your mind like this, if somewhere in your midnight you’re losing sleep over me a bit. Not in a frightening way— more like flowers learning how to breathe, more like the walls growing vines every time you talk to me. [PRE-CHORUS — HARMONICS BLOOM / LOW HEARTBEAT] And I know, I know... [WHISPER “I know” — L] morning’s gonna find me wide awake again… But tell me— [CHORUS — OPEN ACOUSTIC / SIMPLE LIFT / DREAMY HARMONIES WIDE] Will I ever sleep again? Sleep again, sleep again… Now that I know you exist, every midnight feels like this. Will I ever sleep again with you running through my head? I was so good at being alone— now I’m wide awake instead. Will I ever sleep again? [POST-CHORUS — WHISPERS / GUITAR TRAILS] Sleep again… [L] Sleep again… [R] [VERSE 2 — FINGERPICKING / SOFT SHAKER / CRICKETS WIDE] Three in the morning feels holy when I’m imagining your hands, little impossible futures growing wild across the bed. You’re miles away from touching me, still somehow close enough to make every ordinary thought turn fluorescent when it’s us. [“fluorescent” SMEARS L→R] Maybe I’m losing my balance, maybe I don’t want it back. There are worse ways to lose sleep than wondering where this could land. [PRE-CHORUS — GENTLE ASCENT] And I know, I know... I should put the phone down, close my eyes and count to ten… But then— [CHORUS — FULLER / HARMONIES WIDE] Will I ever sleep again? Sleep again, sleep again… Now that I know you exist, every midnight feels like this. Will I ever sleep again with you running through my head? I was so good at being alone— now I’m wide awake instead. Will I ever sleep again? [BRIDGE — ONE GUITAR / RAIN / EXTREME CLOSE-MIC] Maybe someday you’ll be beside me, and all this restless wanting will finally have somewhere to go. Maybe your breathing will become the thing that puts me to sleep. [BREATH TEXTURE L↔R] Wouldn’t that be funny? You being the reason I lost it… and the reason I finally get it back. [PSYCHEDELIC INSTRUMENTAL — REVERSED ACOUSTIC / MELLOTRON HAZE / HUMS L↔R / TAPE FLUTTER] [FINAL CHORUS — LULLABY / GUITAR + AMBIENCE] Will I ever sleep again? Sleep again, sleep again… When you’re finally next to me, maybe midnight lets me be. Will I finally sleep again with your heartbeat by my ear? Maybe all this restless noise will disappear when you are here. Maybe I’ll finally close my eyes… and sleep, this time in peace... [“peace” BLOOMS WIDE] [OUTRO — SOLO GUITAR / RAIN / TAPE SLOW] But until then… there you are. Again. Mm… Goodnight. [WHISPER R] …if you’ll let me. [RAIN + FINAL HARMONIC L→R / FADE]