When I Sleep

from Elliot Caroll (EP) by Elliot Caroll

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lyrics

I've been learning a lot about myself since I last saw you
When you let me off 
You must have thought I didn't feel a thing
But it's just not true

I've been told that I don't tend to show much on my face 
But you might have figured that
Just from looking at me
I was panicking but you probably knew  

And I think we could've been 
You're the one who put it in my head 
Or maybe I'm just stubborn then 
Can I be somebody else instead? 

'Cause when I sleep 
The story ends a little differently 
I'm the person that you wish that I could be

Now I know I might have said a few things
That in retrospect don't make a lot of sense 
Out of self-defense 
I automatically try to play it cool

I've since come to seriously regret
My attempt to conceal  that I fell for us
You're oblivious 
Wish that you saw in me what I see in you  

And I guess I'm struggling 
There's still something tugging at my sleeve 
But maybe I'm just stubborn and
I can't find a way to disbelieve

'Cause when I sleep 
The story ends a little differently 
I'm the person that you wish that I could be
In the dreams I have I'm changing 
But every time I wake up I'm just me  

I would give anything if I could just travel back in time 
Be whatever you wanted me to be if we could rewind

'Cause when I sleep 
The story ends a little differently 
I'm the person that you wish that I could be
In the dreams I have I'm changing 
But every time I wake up
Still I try but I’m mistaken
Every time I wake up I’m just me

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from Elliot Caroll (EP), released May 3, 2011
Written by Elliot Caroll

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