Sleeping With The Enemy
[Intro]
Perfect lines…
Perfect order…
Perfect prison…
[Verse]
Every picture on the wall
Measured to the same degree
Every shadow in the hallway
Falling where it ought to be
Every movement calculated
Every breath accounted for
But behind the polished surface
Something’s rotten at the core
[Pre-Chorus]
He called it love
She called it possession
A silent cage
Disguised his obsession
[Chorus]
Sleeping with the enemy
Calling it security
Wrapped in perfect symmetry
Slowly losing sovereignty
Everything exactly right
Nothing living left inside
Cold perfection dressed in white
I’m sleeping with the enemy tonight
[Verse]
She learned how to speak in whispers
How to disappear in crowds
How to swim for miles and miles
While breathing quietly, out loud
He worshipped perfection
Like a god upon a throne
But life was never meant to be
Carved out of solid stone.
[Bridge]
The river bends
The coastline crumbles
A soul resists
When trust is fumbled
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
Sleeping with the enemy
Calling it security
Every promise turned to chains
Every comfort hiding pain
Everything exactly right
Nothing breathing left alive
Cold perfection stole the light
I’m Sleeping with the enemy tonight
[Breakdown]
Perfectly imperfect
That is how we’re made
Not assembled into patterns
Not programmed to obey
A gold cage is not enough
To make me want to stay
[Chorus]
Sleeping with the enemy
Calling it security
Wrapped in perfect symmetry
Slowly losing sovereignty
Everything exactly right
Nothing living left inside
Cold perfection dressed in white
I’m sleeping with the enemy tonight.
[Outro]
Copyright Taun A. Richards 2019