I should warn you,
I go to sleep.
I know you don't know what I mean.

Yet.
I get upset or happy I go to sleep.
Nothing hurts when I go to sleep.
But I'm not tired, I'm not tired.

I know it seems that I don't care,
But something in me does, I swear.
I don't remember all last year.
I left you awake to cry the tears,
While I was dreaming in streams
Flowing between the shores
Of joy and sadness

Oh!
I'm drowning, save me, wake me up!
I should warn you, I go to sleep.
You won't know when I go to sleep.

Because I'm not tired,
I'm not tired,
I just sleep.


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Narcolepsy Lyrics as written by Ben Folds

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    In ways, I agree with everyone who's posted... except for I think it's more "emotional" narcolepsy than physical. I believe it's about someone dealing with depression, at least I find it easy to relate to in that way, having gone through it myself. Depressed people become withdrawn, emotionally detached and numb, and do spend a lot of time sleeping, because it stills the pain, at least until they awaken.

    ShatteredPoetesson July 02, 2003   Link

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