I think I'm awake
Rolling on my blanket
I am sinking into the bed
Light around me
Beautful washes of pulsating color
Buzzing white noise
It sounds like one hundred bees

I too once thought the radio played
Let's act like children while we sleep paralyzed
I too once thought the radio played
Let's act like children while we sleep paralyzed

Pulsing
You control it
Body's asleep
And your mind is awake

I too once thought the radio played
Let's act like children while we sleep paralyzed
I too once thought the radio played
Let's act like children while we sleep paralyzed

I too once thought the radio played
Let's act like children while we sleep paralyzed
I too once thought the radio played
Let's act like children while we sleep paralyzed



Lyrics submitted by Pudgy311

Track duration: 03:23

"Scissor Lock" as written by Dino Campanella, Gavin Hayes, Mark Engles, Drew Roulette

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    General Comment:There's something I don't get.
    Are the lyrics "let's act like children 'while we sleep paralyzed'"
    Or is it 'while we sleep paralyze' without the past tense?
    'Cause that doesn't make any sense can someone please explain that? :p
    Flag xHeartxOnxFirexon June 20, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Wow. I never realized HOW many people eve KNEW about SP. I've had it since I was a child. It haunted me for about 10 years, then I was able to will myself to control it. I'd always start with my fingers. Move them slightly, then my whole hand. I'd fling my hand around until my arm could move, then throw my whole arm around my body and I'd be able to move again. Though, I still sometimes have an episode that I CAN'T control. It REALLY is the most terrible thing I've ever experienced!

    For the longest time I just ADORED this album, and now that I'm finding out that it's about SP I love it more. It's almost like the Lyrics and Music hit me on a subconscious level! I really feel rather amazed at the discovery.
    Flag weim135on April 23, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This song is so damn haunting! I've had it in my head for days. I've never experienced Sleep Paralysis, but it sounds like a horrible thing. Dredg seems to have portrayed it beautifully here. Ive actually been thinking about it in bed ever since i heard this song.
    Flag Codfishon March 22, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I suffer really badly from SP, should i listen to this track?
    (It is the first time i can relate, but i dont want any more scarey images in my head).
    I dont suffer from stress, I am actually very happy. But i hate going to sleep and hearing the buzzing. (sometimes i can wake myself up just as i hear the buzzing/radio waves noise).
    Flag Fonsoon January 24, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I suffer really badly from SP, should i listen to this track?
    (It is the first time i can relate, but i dont want any more scarey images in my head).
    I dont suffer from stress, I am actually very happy. But i hate going to sleep and hearing the buzzing. (sometimes i can wake myself up just as i hear the buzzing/radio waves noise).
    Flag Fonsoon January 24, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:yeah, but i kinda find comfort in the cd. "does anybody feel this way" that's probably why i like it so much, because i connect to the theme. but my SP episodes don't seem nearly as bad as yours. or at least as often
    Flag PhoenixFalconon January 15, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Wow. I just heard this song a few days ago and it really struck me since I've had SP for many years and it's been just this past year my episodes have been severe enough that I've reached the point of autoscopy. It's beyond terrifying, even has made me consider religion in my life (and I'm a full-blown atheist, but I know hallucinations are all in my head..)

    I read that the booklet has letters of others experiences, I'd really like to read it.

    It's hard for me to listen too, since SP is pretty much something tramatic for me and the lyrics describe exactly what I've gone through.
    Flag BTrippinon January 13, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:scissor lock is another name for sleep paralysis in some culture. i'm lazy, it's right there on wikipedia though. just something funny i noticed... in reference to the first post. i've done DXM for the past few years. i do it a lot actually (i'm an addict, but it's just something i don't want to quit yet). i'm on it right now, actually, and i don't really agree, but oh well.

    i've experienced sleep paralysis. i think 5 times in my life. it's the worst feeling i've ever had (well... that and a couple bad salvia trips). it's not like an OBE or anything. you feel trapped in your own body. although the first time it happened to me was before i started doing dxm, most of the times it happened was when i was depressed and binging. when i would not dex for a night, it would happen, i'd wake up and be afraid to go back to sleep. it was a really shitty time in my life.

    that said, this song, and entire cd mean a lot to me. i can relate, almost to the point where it makes me nervous sleeping when the cd's playing, although it's great for dreams.

    "auditory hallucinations" i think that's the worst part of it. that or the feeling that there's something right outside your senses. it's just an evil presence.

    sorry this is so long, hopefully someone will get something out of it.
    Flag PhoenixFalconon January 12, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This is wierd, i just got this song tonight, and earlier today i watched a show about sleep paralysis, HOW WIERD.
    Flag [Service to busy]on January 02, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:El Cielo apparently means the sky in Spanish, but also means peace and freedom of expression in dreams. So that answers that.

    Great song.
    Flag PDMChubbyon December 24, 2007   Link

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