When I Watch You Sleeping
When I watch you sleepingThere’s nothing that you hideWhen I smell you breathingThere’s a sweetness from insideAnd when I feel you stirringAnd the day is about to breakOutside wings are whirringAnd the sky is there to take
I wonder how I got so close to youAnd see the chances that you takeWithout thinking I’m going there tooThese are the promises you makeWhen your eyes are blinded by loveAnd the history of fate
When I hear you purringLike a kitten and a lionAnd I feel your softnessHow you got it without tryingThen you roll and tumbleWith your dreams still holding onAnd I hear that rumbleIn the stomach of the dawn
Today I paint my masterpieceTonight I trace my tearsThinking through the road I took to youAnd where I stumbled through the years
Today I paint my masterpieceTonight I trace my tearsThinking through my path to youAnd where I stumbled through the yearsThat’s when I knew I’d never hold you downRepeating old roads and fears
Now the crows are callingAnd the blackbirds sing in my earYou got one eye openAnd I’m smiling through my tearsBut you’ll never see themHere inside with my fearsIn a place that’s fading awayAnd taking on new years