shriveling sleep

from places by ashes of pompeii

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wide awake. the world outside seems not to know the difference between day and night.
i cannot stop thinking. it's clear: i won't find any sleep.
wide awake. the world outside seems not to care about the difference between day and night.
i cannot stop thinking. it's clear: i won't find any sleep.

every particle of this darkness is pushing me down
and the clock is constantly glowing in its ruthless red.
i will be sleepwalking when morning comes into the light. in the daylight.
and i am sleeping when others wake. when all the others wake.

wide awake. the world outside seems not to know the difference between day and night.
i cannot stop thinking. it's clear: i won't find any sleep.
wide awake. the world outside seems not to care about the difference between day and night.
i cannot stop thinking. it's clear: i won't find any sleep.

and i can’t sleep again cause there are too many impressions preventing me.
i see the same things but in a different light. i am losing my mind.
the cruel arithmetic of the shriveling sleep is stampeding my brain.
i don't need no sleep.
i am overtired.
i don't need no sleep.
i won’t ever need no sleep again.

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from places, released April 13, 2012

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ashes of pompeii Köln, Germany

Ashes of Pompeii sind seit über 12 Jahren in der deutschen Post-Hardcore-Szene unterwegs. Und immer noch lebt diese Band in jeder Sekunde aus dem Bauch heraus – sei es auf Konzerten, bei denen es um Intensität, Lautstärke und den Moment geht, oder bei ihren Songs, die immer genau den Konsens widerspiegeln, auf den sich die vier zum Zeitpunkt der Entstehung einigen konnten. ... more

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