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Sleepyhead (Happy Songs for a Simpler Time)

by Dee Mac

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1.
Runaway 07:08
You know that you can be so blind falling through metaphors You know that I will take my time Racing the clock to get back to the top I’m sorry that I ran away It’s a temperamental scene Screaming to be noticed I cannot stop, it’s in my genes I’m so sorry that I couldn’t be what you wanted I’m sorry that I ran away We can sleep to dream Sometimes we can be so mean Things aren’t always what they seem You see we are two of a kind Wanting the same thing What I need is love defined It’s the same in the end I just need my friends to be there I’m sorry that I ran away
2.
Take this as a sign She was meant to be alone with her thoughts Thoughts of the end of the world Time has changed her Sing for the angels locked in her room sing for her world Weep for her soul Talking 'bout revolution The pinnacle of evolution This song will never end No her pain will never end Trying to make her final decision Need the right place for the first incision No love to append this must be the end
3.
Alone 05:34
Time cannot heal these wounds She tries so hard to hide the scars But she feels like she deserves to be Alone in this though she’ll try her best to make the most of what is left of her faith in love Torn up inside She finds she cannot hide her tears from her face She’s broken, but she’ll have to wait for time to pass, though it won’t heal these wounds She tries so hard to hide the scars But she feels like she deserves to be Alone
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She makes her way with a vague aplomb, down through the streets to fields of green and grey Pretending that it's all okay, it's what she has to do to get through the day But she has a dream that'll one day solve it all One day she'll show the world yeah she has a dream - when she dreams, she don't dream small Cos she's finally found a way to get back home But nothing's real in this dream of hers The apple's ripe but she won't let it fall She holds on tight to this dream of hers she knows if she lets go she might lose it all But she has a dream that'll one day solve it all One day she'll show the world yeah she has a dream - when she dreams, she don't dream small Cos she's finally found a way to get back home But she she's made a list, she's not gonna let it go, Gonna try and try again till she's ready and she She's gonna get it together someday, and then the world had better be ready
5.
Sleepyhead 04:56
We'll sleep on the rooftops all out in the rain we can feel all the echoes of all of our pain slowly wash away leaving us fresh as a summer morn here in the darkness, we can see the stars all out letting us know that nothing we do even means a thing at least that's how it feels sometimes I can see my breath get swept away the breathtaking colours laid out in a palette of twinkling, shining brightly millions of years it has travelled so far just to get to us it really helps keep things in perspective Up here on the rooftops it all seems so small it really helps to get away from it all where there's time to breathe we can name all the stars in our own private map too many constellations to ever keep track of we'll yawn and then we'll lay our heads down to dream Sleep little heads let the soft wind caress your closed little eyelids while all the world rests all your cares are gone all the cares and concerns you had today sleep little heads let your dreams take you far away let them all drift away
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Verse 1 You’ll never understand how much I need to hold your hand in mine take what I can give, I’ll never need it back Met at the wrong time you’ll never be my valentine How I wish you could be mine, but I’ll hold it back You could have everything I have to give if you would only ask You could have everything I’m already yours, you just don’t know it Verse 2 There’s something in the way you do what you do that makes me crumble like a schoolgirl, swallowing her tongue every time that she tries to say a word, I’m struggling so hard to be heard but I can’t seem to get the words out If only we’d met at another time things could be different Then you could have everything I’m already yours, I just can’t show it Chorus It feels like we’re moving backwards I need to know you feel I need something that is real Moving backwards Show me that you care Nothing else is fair in this world, but we’ll keep on this pattern Attraction requited, but ignored just won’t do any more I need you to come over I need to hold you in my arms tell you all my little secrets I want you to admit that there’s something there But I won’t push it I need you to come over Verse 3 Making nice will never be enough for me But making nice is all that I can ever have You could have everything I have to give if you would only ask You could have everything I’m already yours, you just don’t know it
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Forgettable 07:08
Close your eyes And turn like a pen and cassette Demagnetised You're so easy to forget This song spins around in my mind rolling alone in your bed No matter how hard I try Make your words a matter of personal pride If I said I know you, well I guess I lied This song spins around in my mind rolling alone in your bed No matter how hard I try I can't keep you inside my head You're falling through cracks I can't heal Searching for something I can feel
8.
Lost 04:16
Made your mind up you never wanted anybody else to take this away from you It’s your own life you’ll take your garbage out when you’re good and ready You’ve been burned one too many times self inflicted though these wounds may be you’ve made your mind up you’ll never open up again Blinded by life the big picture is so hard to see when you’re six feet under kill yourself again your little finger’s feeling naked without a soul around it Tried to lead one too many times no one will follow when you’re using force you’ve made your mind up you’ll never see clearly again Your mind’s made up you’ll never trust a soul again Taken too soon your youth and beauty now so hard to find when you’re filled with this much hate pain’s the drug of choice when all that’s left is the empty shell of who you used to be Made your bed, now you’ll die in it not such a pretty painting now it’s hung on the wall you’ve made your mind up you’ll never love again Your mind’s made up you’ll never trust a soul again Self inflicted pain is all you know Self inflicted pain is all you’ll show You’ll never find yourself again
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I will wear your ring around my neck to remind me of your words And I will wear your pain upon my face to remind me how you changed when love left These beating hearts we clung to it dearly but love is not enough for us to sing these happy songs for a simpler time They just don’t mean as much anymore we betrayed the words though we never thought that we would before Before love left These beating hearts we clung to it dearly but love is not enough for us to

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released February 25, 2022

All songs written and recorded by Daphne McEldowney
Mixed and mastered at xStatic! by Daphne McEldowney

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Dee Mac Hobart, Australia

Dee Mac is a musician from Hobart. She tends to write in rather eclectic styles, and finds sticking to one genre a little too restricting. She realised a few years ago that she can't write short songs, and after trying to write pop bangers for far too long, she has finally embraced it, and now her songs tend to average 5-10 minutes long…

All in all, she’s just in it for the music <3
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