empty daydream that keeps playing on repeat

I know this has been out for a little while and i actually had the lyrics all written up as soon as it was released but i was stumped about what flickr photos to post with it. Finally, i think i have it at least somewhat sorted out. The reason it was particularly important for me is not just because i love neon indian, but also because i have awful bouts of insomnia and a generally screwy sleeping schedule, as you know if you read this blog regularly. This song has become my anthem on those long nights; it's so haunting and beautiful. As is often the case, I am the first to post these lyrics online so they may be really inaccurate and i welcome corrections. thanks!
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EDIT: whoa weird how the video has masks and i posted a picture with a mask. that was pure coincidence. Awesome! It's rare that a video overlaps with the video I create in my head that much




photo by øndun

Sleep Paralysist - Neon Indian

talking cryptograms you know as well as day
keeping to themselves the words they'll never say
something you don't know
something i don't know
they don't know
shaping mirror eyes that might as well be drawn
i'll be a stranger by the time i'm up at dawn
someone you don't know
someone i don't know
we don't know

the lost girl in the midnight sun, originally uploaded by sensing-owls.

don't sleep
over you when i'm awake so just
don't sleep
in the morning this will all seem fake so
don't sleep
over you when i'm awake so just
don't sleep
in the morning this will all seem fake so
don't sleep
over you when i'm awake so just
don't sleep
in the morning this will all seem fake so
don't sleep
over you when i'm awake so just
don't sleep
in the morning this will all seem fake so

What kind of mask are you wearing today? | [ Explored! ], originally uploaded by ♥ Lisa.

won't you lose yourself in momentary grace
it washes over you the bruises that we trace
not for you to keep
not for me to keep
nor them to keep
empty daydream that keeps playing on repeat
each passing moment more decayed, less complete
we don't weep
and i don't weep
they won't weep

r., originally uploaded by d.rimms.

don't sleep
over you when i'm awake so just
don't sleep
in the morning this will all seem fake so
don't sleep
over you when i'm awake so just
don't sleep
in the morning this will all seem fake so
don't sleep
over you when i'm awake so just
don't sleep
in the morning this will all seem fake so
don't sleep
over you when i'm awake so just
don't sleep
in the morning this will all seem fake so