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you can't keep the world asleep if you work it to death

by the sleeping bag

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1.
you felt so cold i didn't know what to say before you turned around and walked the other way i guess we're alone now we're together but so far apart now i guess that it's alright now i guess the room was dark and i didn't know who was to blame before you turned the light off and drifted away i guess that I'm alone now i tear myself in half now i guess that it's alright to die alone (apocalypse theme)
2.
can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows predictable caught by the naked eye you needed further proof just take a look outside powers that be they paint in black and white leave the function all black and blue for your one excluded truth unless they string you along it gets easier when they’re gone your friends, parents, brothers, sisters the ones you fell upon that’s why they chain you when you’re low and ain’t got nothing to eat deal you a shitty hand and expect you not to be beat can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows scared i’ve been here before death knockin at the door fuck that i feel alright knew he’d be here tonight i look around and see so many innocent faces can’t grapple with the fact that tonight they have to face him but fuck a new beginning we wore out our second chances they told y’all what was coming reserving your second glances so i've been waiting on it my whole life the rich ate us and we danced all night can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows (motherfucker) but not one motherfucker can be more than a dot in a spec on a hair of the host that we rot my blood pressure’s on the ceiling and my heart rate’s a million wanna know where they live so i can show them a villain cause it’s not one motherfucker that can send us to death but it’s that group of motherfuckers we elected to rep for a fuckshit flag on borrowed land on borrowed time with our heads in the sand i know i’m one motherfucker that’s all that i am but i could make my voice louder with a gun in my hand but i could make my voice louder if i cup my hands and we could turn it up to ten if i we all chipped in you can’t keep the world asleep if you work it to death
3.
can’t afford to be nothing now brother where are you and sister i’m so sorry for all those times i hurt you i was too drunk to speak this profession will
 swallow you and your hopes and dreams it's all swept from beneath me you said you would call me you said you would call me you said you would call me you told me you'd call me you said you would call me you said you would call me you told me that you told me that oh god there's no answer there was nothing else to write about so i picked up bad habits and they called me a junkie avoiding my heart attacks when they told me the world's through like you were in limbo and no one would talk to you (talk to you) and you said you would call me you'd meet me tomorrow there but where did the time go and now we're stuck nowhere i burned into heatstroke and danced til my heart broke and still there's no messages on my machine my machine my machine my machine my machine i was too drunk to speak where the fuck did my keys go i thought you might love me but your feelings are invisible hushed in the night time okay we’re still dreaming thank god you don’t pillow talk cause my name’s lost its meaning you said you would call me you promised you'd call me you told me you’d call me you told me you told me you said you said you would call me you said you would call me you said you would call me you told me that i was too drunk to speak so what the fuck was i thinking when you said you would make the pain go away in exchange for one night alone well i couldn’t tell you no and nothing wouldn't matter once it’s all said and done and we both wished we were dead and started taking tons of drugs and we both wished we could find a way to make ourselves feel loved but it can’t work like that not now not ever again i wish you had called me i wish you had called me i wished you had called me i wished you had called me i wished you had called me you know you could've call me you can always call me i wished you had called i wished you had called me call me when you get there! you said you would call me you’d meet me tomorrow there but where did our hearts go to lead us to nowhere i laughed at an old joke i danced til my heart broke and still there’s no messages on my machine my machine my machine my machine my machine my machine my machine my very own machine where i split myself in half as i broke my fucking back and now out here i can see it meant nothing to you it means nothing to me (jumping off the roof)
4.
save yourself while you can friends and beer could understand where i am going there is no coming back one ticket please for crazyland evil cloud in the sky grass stains on the knees of your pants bury the keys to your car throw yourself into the river wildest dreams can cure scars be on your worst behavior it ain't enough to lose your mind carve your name into your hands one ticket please for crazyland
5.
anytime anyplace anytime anyplace everyday johnny the fox

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dropping this ep to make up for two months of missed singles due to some distribution issues. have fun, be safe, and remember: they can't keep the world asleep if they work it to death.

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released July 15, 2022

doug campbell - everything.
spiral swirly illustration by z perez.


"anytime, anyplace, everyday" samples the music of barry white, arthur russell, and thin lizzy.
"my machine / jumping off the roof" samples some random youtube videos.

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