Stay Awake

from A Sentimental Education by Anton Sword

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Stay Awake
(Anton Sword)

I knew when I first saw you that I was in trouble
And you, when you saw me, you said you saw the same that I see
Let’s stay awake in that first moment of our love
Don’t curl into a ball, spread your arms and rise, rise with me above

I let the nightmare in, tried to control, tried to win
Forgot who you are and popped our heart with a safety pin
But stay awake in that first moment of our love
Don’t curl into a ball, spread your arms and rise, rise with me above

Oh what I have I got to do to show I’m sorry?
I can prove myself to you but not when you’re so far away

Please come, come back inside where we came from, asleep with eyes wide
We’ll glide like the sun across the sky in sacred motion
I’ve burned down on the pyre, trial by fire and emotion
And know now I’ve unlocked the tower and I’m ready for devotion

Plet’s stay awake in that first moment of our love
Don’t curl into a ball, spread your arms and rise, rise with me above

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from A Sentimental Education, released May 25, 2007

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Anton Sword Brooklyn, New York

NYC-based songwriter Anton Sword leads an indie synth/ dance/ new wave project with a shifting band lineup. Sword has toured the Eastern USA twice and Europe 10 times, playing for a small but loyal following. One of his ambient compositions runs in a loop on permanent display in NYC's American Museum of Natural History, scoring the ‘Astro Bulletin’ in the lobby of the Rose Space Center. ... more

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