"when you were sleeping" lyrics

"when you were sleeping"

Guarded and unarmed
Resistant to damage and harm

We trade and we deal
Our thoughts divided equally
But there is no bargain for loss in life
It costs to feel

What is the equal to this love
Where is the compassion you talk of
Take all you can carry and run
There's no looking back when you're done
Who brought you laughter at all time
Who held your head when you were sleeping
What is the price that I must pay for this love

A treaty with hidden clauses
Closeness and worlds apart

This heart is an ocean
You cross it only guided by
Someone who knows its depths
And all its shallow parts

What is the equal to this love
Where is the compassion you talk of
Take all you can carry and run
There's no looking back when you're done
Who brought you laughter at all time
Who held your head when you were sleeping
What is the price that I must pay for this love

For this love
For this love
For this love
For this love


album: "ionnalee's MOUTH OF A RIVER, pt. 2" (2026)
ionnalee - ionnalee's MOUTH OF A RIVER, pt. 2 album cover
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