http://likeyouneverleft.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Half_sleepHalf sleep - Revision history2026-04-07T20:08:56ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.32.0http://likeyouneverleft.com/index.php?title=Half_sleep&diff=2773&oldid=prevConorl at 05:53, 9 March 20082008-03-09T05:53:25Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Category:Songs]]<br />
[[Category:Conor (philadelphia)]]<br />
[[Media:7thtry v2.mp3|half sleep]]<br />
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== Lyrics ==<br />
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Half-sleep filled my mouth with a taste<br />
of phosphorescence as from magnesium<br />
streaking through the sky. But there was no light.<br />
Black fabric, the halves of my lungs<br />
slipped past each other and I spoke in half-song<br />
when I rose through the quivering<br />
wax-paper ceiling to wake as my ghost.<br />
I found such exceptional people<br />
With tongues of smoldering coal, also lips<br />
From which a white light glowed<br />
Like the corona of an eclipse. Each moment<br />
Was held by the tiny crests<br />
Of passing thoughts. And I remembered<br />
(having never experienced) --remembered<br />
That this was death, transformed as music,<br />
Craving; rough; and sweet and bright and dark,<br />
Akin to deepest sadness.<br />
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== Music ==<br />
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===Chords===<br />
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Samples<br />
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===Structure===<br />
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Unsure<br />
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===Song Writer Notes===<br />
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this is another thing that i worked on in 2007. the "telephone effect" on the vocals was not intentional. i think i recorded them with the tiny mic on my computer. the words are based on "an experience" by hugo von hofmannsthal, translated by mary kinzie. <br />
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i imagined that this would come out much better than it actually did. at the time i was very disappointed. i still like the string samples, but the sound of me talking over them is pretty lame.</div>Conorl