Death Cab for Cutie – Sleep Spent

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I can't expel the truth
It's much more than I thought I could do
And with time my worth with stain
And split your heart from my name...
So drive away your mouth from my ears
And waste a day so I can think clearly
And what's left to wait for here
As my hands sleep spent this last year
Choking the bottle's neck that pulled you from my bed

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Track duration: 03:37

"Sleep Spent" as written by Benjamin Gibbard

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    General Comment:I think it's just about the pain beating the love in the end... and just giving yourself over to it.
    Flag riseariseon April 14, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:absolutely beautiful and brilliant
    also its a true story
    Flag Duckson January 02, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:"And with time, my worth will stain
    And split your heart from my name"

    Did I write this song?
    Flag emoposer1on July 05, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:"And with time, my worth will stain
    And split your heart from my name"

    Did I write this song?
    Flag emoposer1on July 05, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:"And with time, my worth will stain
    And split your heart from my name"

    Did I write this song?
    Flag emoposer1on July 05, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i thiiiink it's about his girlfriend leaving him because he can't stop drinking
    Flag embadon February 05, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:this was one of the first songs i heard by death cab and it's what made me fall inlove :-] the way ben sings soft and slow makes you feel like your asleep/in a dream i lovee it
    Flag pandacolaon June 11, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:my god, this song just sends shivers down my spine when the first beat starts, i love it, i love Death Cab. . . Ben Gibbard, I'm oh-so-glad your alive!!!
    Flag xsunshinexon June 09, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i'm so proud of death cab...they are magnificent. they're from my town, bellingham. this song makes me think of a lazy sunday here, sun on the bay and the mountains. and whenever i listen to this song, i can imagine them playing at one of our venues. gives me a smile. beautiful. i wish everyone could experience this.
    Flag x_miss_red_head_xon April 14, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:princess, i think he means something along, "get your voice out of my head"...
    Flag hollowblackstaron March 07, 2005   Link

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