Sleeping Lyrics
The Swell Season

Lyrics
Are you sleeping?
Still dreaming?
Still drifting off alone
I'm not leaving with this feeling
So you'd better best be told
And how in the world did you come
To be such a lazy love?
It's so simple, and fitting
The path that you are on
We're not talking, there's no secrets
There's just a note that you have gone
And all that you've ever owned
Is packed in the hall to go
And how am I supposed to live without you?
A wrong word said in anger and you were gone
I'm not listening for signals
It's all dust now on the shelf
Are you still working?
Still counting?
Still buried in yourself?
And how in the world did we come
To have such an absent love?
And how am I supposed to live without you?
A wrong word said in anger and you were gone
And how am I supposed to live without anyone?
And how in the world did you come
To be such a lazy love?
And where did you go?
Song & Lyrics Facts
The Swell Season is an Irish folk rock duo consisting of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. Their song "Sleeping" was released in 2006 as part of their debut studio album, The Swell Season.
Written by both members of the band, the lyrics focus on a feeling of helplessness and despair caused by love. It features haunting vocals from both Hansard and Irglová, along with sparse guitar accompaniment. The track has become one of The Swell Season's most popular songs and it continues to be played live during their concerts.