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Sleep Easy

by Sean Skahill

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1.
Sleepwalking 05:04
Sleep when you are tired Don't run away I understand, it's hard to follow your dreams Night, it comes and goes Day is an in-between Don't be afraid, just follow me I just want the answers to the questions that won't let me sleep at night I stay awake While the world sleeps in darkness One bright light in the middle of the night Shine a light upon me We can walk while it's nighttime And park our bodies on the grass I just want the answers to the questions that won't let me sleep at night
2.
We're stuck together No way out now Seems like forever, won't get better You and I can try but we're still bound and tethered You dug this hole, not me I tried to stop it You've got no-one to blame, nothing's the same Cause you can't give yourself the things you crave So roll with the punches and come what may You knew what you wanted and meant astray Oh you've gotta have something to say And we walked in the dark and my heart beat On our single path, down our single street Oh you've gotta have something to say We've got a problem Your glass is the answer Stumble and fall, tell me all the things you feel And then tomorrow tell me again Cause we were strangers Not love exchangers No relation or explanation And we sit here pretending we've never kissed Don't be the one to ask for more You might win the battle but lose the war Oh you've gotta have something to say Always good but you're never fine Don't ever put yourself on the line Oh you gotta have something to say Something to say Something to say You've got to have something to say
3.
338 04:36
My spine’s not straight I notice it day after crooked day So I’ll imitate How it seems like right should feel, and I’m on my way I can’t pretend Wishing it’ll change will make it unbend I understand Crooked bones and old habits are no way to live But don’t try to tell me this is the only way Habits only cling to you as long as you let them, don’t they? I know that every hour brings me closer to my dying day Still here I lay My body, rest Lie in the hole I dug from the heart in my chest One toxic breath Of this dirty air that I have come to expect Infected dreams Scrub my mind and rid me of them by any means But when I’m asleep I have no choice but living them, I can’t disagree But don’t try to tell me (I’ll try not to tell myself) this is the only way Habits only cling to you as long as you let them, don’t they? I know that every hour brings me closer to my dying day Still here I lay But tell me What’s a date on a page? 
A man or an age? Countless lives in between Playing could have been But don’t try to tell me this is the only way Habits only cling to you as long as you let them, don’t they? I know that every hour brings me closer to my dying day Still here I lay
4.
Masks 04:13
We stared at the ceiling lying in bed As the sickness in your body spread Never knew i'd love you, but you finally proved me wrong You always were a fighter, and dying's never seemed so strong As they days went by you danced with death Until the lights went out, your final breath Your body at war came and went in a year Though I know what's coming, it's never easy to hear When I have said all I want you to know When all the sickness eats at your bones Will you come around then? When the world found out you were going to die It opened up its' arms, but sometimes love's a lie Hearing those 'I love you's didn't matter anymore Their passing glances shown right through the masks they wore
5.
Masks pt. 2 04:43
Close your eyes and Start the big sleep It’s not goodbye Just counting sheep Rejected since birth Doors slammed in your face Oh, January It brings you back to earth And puts me in my place Oh, January Bit by bit your Body shut down Cage for your soul Locked to the ground Rejected since birth Doors slammed in your face Oh, January It brings you back to earth And puts me in my place Oh, January Dresser full of pills Chemical release Oh, January Hospital bills Till you were at peace Oh, January I dream of our Daughters dancing No fear of sickness advancing Rejected since birth Doors slammed in your face Oh, January It brings you back to earth And puts me in my place Oh, January All my tears are dry Your time with me was brief Oh, January Too young to die Is a false belief Oh, January
6.
Sheets 04:50
The snow did fall Down in sheets We said goodbye I could not sleep The coldest tears My eyes did freeze There are no waves On frozen seas, no There must be A name for this Our first fresh air Our final kiss Across the sea Our love did split Ignorance They say is bliss You don't know What I have felt We played the cards That we were dealt We'll take some time And know ourselves And with time The snow will melt

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These songs were written, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Sean Skahill between June 2013 and April 2014. The songs are designed around the concept of looping them live and these recordings are expanded versions of those loops.

Special thanks:
-Mark McGillivray for the album art. See more of Mark's work at mcgillivraydesign.tumblr.com
-Patrick Smith for the banjo part on Masks pt. 2. Hear more of Patrick's lovely music at: soundcloud.com/xhounder and soundcloud.com/redwheelbarrow
-Colin Zelin for introducing me to Reaper: www.reaper.fm
-Mike Emmerich for his tireless and generous advice and assistance on the drum tracking.
-Listen to Colin and Mike's band here: namle.bandcamp.com

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released April 30, 2014

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Sean Skahill Brooklyn, New York

Singer/songwriter, composer and sound engineer from Pennsylvania. Lots of instruments.

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