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I Don't Want To Sleep Tonight

from Recollection EP by Benn Park

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I don't want to sleep tonight
It's four o'clock in the morning
I don't want to sleep tonight
I'm just not up to conforming
I don't want to hit the lights
I don't want to lie down crying
I don't want to sleep tonight
And dream of these false silver linings

I don't want to close my eyes
Where monsters might be lurking
I don't want to say goodbye
Or these bridges might start burning
I don't want to tell a lie
Though the truth can just be as degrading
I don't want to satisfy
These sour thoughts that keep on swimming

[Chorus 1]
But don't give pity for my troubles
'Cause that's what songwriting is for
The doom and gloom is temporary
When positivity leads it out the back door

I don't want my alibis
Reminding me of broken fences
I don't want my alibis
Making me feel so pretentious
And make me undermine
The troubles that await me still
In the presence of my biggest vice
Tempting me to lose grip of my will

[Chorus 2]
But don't give pity for my troubles
'Cause that's what songwriting is for
The doom and gloom is temporary
When positivity leads it out the back door
And it's not that people don't deserve some love and care
But we all have the power to move on
You can choose to put a front
But I'll decide when the negatives will be gone

I don't want to sleep tonight
My imagination's running water
I don't want to sleep tonight
And turn my focus into fodder
I already recognize
The obstacles in my path
I just need some peace of mind
No matter how long that may last

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from Recollection EP, released October 1, 2016
Guitar, Vocals: Benn Park

Studio: Three Oaks Art & Education Center

Recording Engineer: Mike Cortson

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Benn Park Nashville, Tennessee

According to Benn, music-making is a creative, therapeutic response to the human condition. Included in that response are the rewards and defeats of 21st-century adulthood. These days, Benn Park happens to express this worldview through original folk and alt-country songs. ... more

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