Plea for a Good Night's Rest Songtext
von Devon Sproule

There are thick stars up above where the trees part themselves
Thick dust among many corks lined up on the shelf
And bats in the attic we share, we share
There is smoke to kill mosquitos waiting just above to drink our blood
And gas in a lamp that we light when the sun goes down
My love wakes shaking with nightmare
And the night air pulls in close around
Come revenant
Come, come, ye gentle host
To my patient hip and across our sleeping coasts
Lay down your mantle shot through with gold
That we may lie again here in sweet repose
Rest your arms down around the oars now and hear
How the night continues on alive and well
When how rare the bird, how still the wind And we still within it sigh and shift and turn
Saying, "Sleep she comes to steal the ones
Who fill their glass and leave the rest
Whose teeth get brushed, who eat enough
And who know how to treat their friends"
How long this night seems
With no sign of a bright dream to guide us toward the day
Guide us toward the day
Come revenant
Come, come, ye gentle host
To my patient hip and across our sleeping coasts
Lay down your mantle shot through with gold
That we may lie again here in sweet repose
Oh, sweet repose