Lyrics to Sleeperhold

I was there I heard the crackling of the palms

He came upstairs and had the curtains drawn

This is my body

Keep your stomachs full

This is my blood

Let's get drunk on soul



Got me in a sleeperhold

And you won't let me go

Blessed are those who have no clothes

For sunlight is their fashion

And blessed is he who sleeps on the streets

But his roof is sheltering sky

And blessed be the broken one

For whom grace daily unfolds



Got me in a sleeperhold

And you won't let me go

I was dropped down on a dirt brown field

I watched the sun rise over me

I wanted the heavens to open like a saloon door

But all I heard was a cock crow

What have I done? I cried inside

And my spine turned ice cold



Got me in a sleeperhold

And you won't let me go



I'm tapping out

I'm tapping out

I'm tapping out

Cause it's all too beautiful



I'm blacking out

I'm blacking out

I'm blacking out

But I don't want to go

I'm blacking out

But I don't want to go