My Slumbering Heart - Rilo Kiley

In my dreams, I see myself hitting a baseball

In a green field somewhere near a freeway

I’m all tan and smiling and running from third base

And it’s hot and the kids keep on playing the driving game

And they’re singing the same goddamn refrain

And the sky is a bluish grey

And it’s become just like a chemical stress

Tracing the lines in my face for

Something more beautiful than is there

I’ve barely been gone

In my dreams, I see you at the foot of some mountains

And we’re taking some pictures or something

And we’d better hurry up

And it’s late and the sun keeps on shooting through pine trees

And the grass stains are wet on your new jeans

And we’d better hurry up

And I’ve become just like a terrible mess

Searching the lines in my face for

Something more beautiful than is there

The crowds keep me coming back, cheering

In my dreams, I see you asleep on a twin bed

The covers pulled up over your head

Am I asleep or awake?

And it’s morning and the captain is playing the radio

And he’s just put the paint on his new boat

Am I asleep or awake?

And it just feels good when you’re waking up

And it just feels good when you’re next to me

And it just feels good when you’re coming home

And it just feels good when it’s waking up

(My slumbering heart)

And I’ve become just like a chemical stress

Tracing the lines in my face for

Something more beautiful than is there

I’ve barely been gone

And I’m not a failure, I swear

I wish you could see it from over there

I’ve got a lot over here without you

I’ve barely been gone

Gone, dreaming

My mom, she cried about money and time

And how she felt older

And I didn’t understand much

She left, I stayed

My dad played in the bar

And I wondered if I looked like him

He was small even with boots on

He looked like an Eskimo

And we were in Alaska

In the airport, I had seen or

Imagined a mural of an Arctic scene

With seals and people seemed nicer than me

Where they smoked and talked about the disappearing ground