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World Asleep Lyrics — The Maccabees | Dork

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World Asleep

From Pelican - Single2012

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World Asleep

The whole world's asleep The whole world's asleep The whole world's asleep The whole world's asleep And I wish, I could sleep too And I wish, wish I could sleep too You know me better than I know myself You know me better than anyone else How do you do / out of the blue The whole world dreamt The whole world dreamt The whole world's a dream The whole world's a dream And I wish, I could dream too And I wish, wish I could dream too I know you better than you know yourself I know you better than anyone else And I wish And I wish I wish I wish I wish I wish

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"World Asleep" is a song by The Maccabees from the album Pelican - Single, released in 2012.

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