Stone Roses, The - How Do You Sleep Lyrics
I've seen your severed head at a banquet for the dead
All dressed up for dinner looked so fine
Your shining silver salver so tastefully powdered
With the finest military quick lime
Now try and picture this as I gave you a kiss
The orchestra played the sweetest serenade
We laughed as we put away your wine
So raise your glasses here's a toast to wasted lives
May all their ghosts come back to haunt you
And tell you how they died
How do you sleep?
How do you last the night and keep the dogs at bay?
How do you feel when you close your eyes and try and drift away?
Does it mean anymore when the angel of death
Comes knock-knocking and banging at your door?
When all the fun was over
I put you on my shoulder
Took you home away from it all
Shot down and claimed
Mounted and framed
Tastefully hung upon my wall
Are my dreams your nightmares?
I hope they all come true
Get off your knees
The party's over
I'm coming home to you
How do you sleep?
How do you last the night and keep the dogs at bay?
How do you feel when you close your eyes and try and drift away?
Does it feel any better now?
Does it mean anymore when the angel of death
Comes knock-knocking and banging at your door?
At your door?
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Stone Roses, The How Do You Sleep Comments
Howling 😎👏👏🙄😇👀🤔🏢❤️👌😊 Can you see me noo? 🏤💒💒💒✈️🏡
Magicians at play.
Fine as fuck this.
It doesn't just stand the test of time.
It pulls the fingers off the clock, patiently.
One of The Stone Roses best tracks IMHO!
Unfortunately, when searching for "How Do You Sleep" in good old Google, that annoying prick Sam Smith comes top, who must have a song with the same title!......................and that picture of him with his head on his hands boils my piss!
Now that is a fucking travesty that he should get top spot IMHO!
With all the manufactured shite that is around today, the current generation and the one immediately before it have missed out on such good music and bands.
FUCK oasis quo and FUCK citeh!!
How do you sleep Mr. Sebastián Piñera?
This is absolute genius!!
My favourite track on Second Coming.
Mine too! Its an overall good strong song.
I actually finish my relationship with my GF after 3 years, she break up with me. 4 days later we broke up, she starts to have a date with a guy. The only part in this song who make me continue with my lífe is: "Get off your kness, the party's over"
I've seen your severed head at a banquet for the dead
All dressed up for dinner, looked so fine
Your shining silver salver so tastefully powdered
With the finest military quick lime
Now try and picture this, as I gave you a kiss
The apple in your mouth slipped in mine
The orchestra played the sweetest serenade
We laughed as we put away your wine
So raise your glasses, here's a toast to wasted lives
May all their ghost come back to haunt you
And tell you how they died
How do you sleep
How do you last the night and keep the dogs at bay
How do you feel
When you close your eyes and try and drift away
Does it feel any better now, does it mean any more
When the angel of death comes knock, knocking
And banging at your door
When all the fun was over, I put you on my shoulder
Took you home, away from it all
Shot down and claimed, mounted and framed
Tastefully hung up on my wall
Are my dreams your nightmares
Get off your knees, the party's over
I'm coming home to you
How do you sleep
How do you last the night and keep the dogs at bay
How do you feel
When you close your eyes and try and drift away
Does it feel any better now, does it mean any more
When the angel of death comes knock, knocking
And banging at your door
How do you sleep
How do you last the night and keep the dogs at bay
How do you feel
When you close your eyes and try and drift away
Does it feel any better now, does it mean any more
When the angel of death comes knock, knocking
And banging at your door
At your door
The second coming was slated when released!!! Had too much to live up to the first album!!! But hasn't it proved to be a brilliant album!!! 😎👍
Yes it has and in my opinion it is standing the test of time more than their first.
Its a good question.
One of the most underrated stone roses songs!
best song on the second album imo, first time ive heard this in years bring back memories
Names wrong .
C'mon City, C'mon City, C'mon City, C'mon City
Manchester City 💙
I think the song by shadow caster in spike island definitely had a hint of this
Musically, it's quite What The World Is Waiting For, How Do You Sleep. Which makes the contrast between the 'dreams' and the 'nightmares' even more stark.
Wonderful guitar riffs and fills.John Squire.
Ole's At the wheel 🎶
Rip Si Thomas X fucking hell show us a sign brother
Such a great band, and one of their best songs.
This is so good, love this song
The best album by far. The “first “album sounds of it’s time,this one is timeless , the original Martin Hannet first album also known as garage flower still sounds amazing .
Garage flower is a fledgling first effort
Fecking love this 🔥
trazadone lamotragine zoplacone and white noise. kyle
John Squire is king
Not when I saw him.the king of meaningless guitar solos maybe. And I'm a huge fan as well.gutted
@gary jones
What had transpired there haha?
Fantastic song , fantastic album ......
Cannae sleep tune haha
How do you sleep best song off that album first time (it would let me listin on platform haha :)
As said class tune haha :)
awww man there is some belters on that album.so good
The title is actually "How Do You Sleep". There is no "at Night" in either the title or the lyrics.
blurry67 have john squires version of the song?
You need to listen to the chorus again- How do you last the Night?
Its about margret thatcher aswell same as ten story love song or is it tense tory love song
Sure about that?! And theres no mention of keeping dogs at bay either
Nice song but a stronger vocal performance would have made it much better.
stickypool no one's stopping you from listening to Simply Red, but they haven't got tunes like this nor have they got fans who can sing their songs for them. The Roses aren't the only band to be great without having Sam Cooke singing for them.
How do you sleep ? . knowing ya spelt tha fuckin tune wrong ?:D at night HAHAHAHA
Was this track not just called "How do you sleep"?
mrmagoo1016 its an answer to margret thatcher after everything she did how could she sleep
i just hope they come to finland xS ..probably wont, though : /
This song always reminds of spending 2 days in Paris stoned. I'd had this on repeat for some reason.
i love this song because if this is playing and i ask for something he says yes all the time
@chrishorrocks1 not quite you forgot the happy mondays lol
The greatest band of their generation
I heard this tune on last.fm and knew it was the stone roses. I just had to have it. Great song.
@horse69outside
I don't think that's gonna happen, unfortunately John squire has given up music all together and taken up Art, such a bummer.....
This was always my favourite track from The Second Coming, reminds me more of early Steely Dan than anything else.
@happykyle49 Internals. All the bitching. Pity.
Such an underrated band, I wish they'd get back together, even just for the song for Bond 23 or something.
@Ruab12 hear hear!
@happykyle49 Same reason why Lennon & McCartney couldn't - too much bad blood. Fucking shame but that's the way it is :-(
much love and memories-dont know why i like it! but its the best!!!
@garyfox100 ya fukin hell it does ha
for gods sake, why cant squire and brown just fucking bring it back??? :(
It's not just squire and brown is it? There's Mani and Reni that are equally important to the sound and should have got songwriting credits too ...If you look at fools gold how in the fuck did Mani not get credit for that the whole Song is based around the bassline he wrote
Superb, has a very a Jesus And The Mary Chain vibe to it.
@joa07caj It has been a long time since you posted but I think you'll find this was meant for Gareth Evans, not George Bush.
Love the Roses but this was by far the worst song on the Second Coming. Squire should've put that on that sorry Seahorses album, and let the boys put Can't See Me on the album instead.
its about there manager u fool, gareth evans for taking them to court,
much love ian,john, mani, reni! YOU GAVE US A REASON TO DANCE, TAKE DRUGS , BE HAPPY, AND FUCKIN LOVE MADCHESTER. "MAD FOR IT" GOOD TIMES GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTON. PEACE ALL
classic tune from a very underrated album!!
@ohweloveeverton it was stuff they put in shells in the 19th century that burned and blinded those on the receiving end
what's a "military quick lime"?
Quick Lime is calcium oxide, a corrosive compound that heats up water, potentially aiding the creation of explosions of fuel in water against enemies at sea. It can also directly burn people itself and also cause other chronic physical ailment, like vomiting, as a result.
how do you sleep at night,mmmm confused.
just keep it at how do you sleep.
elvis is "only" a great. the beatles were in every way better than him. just because someone likes a band/artist doesnt mean they owe their career to that particular guy. Lennon + McCartney were still the songwriters with some of the other great works of George and Ringo
best band of all time !!!
what a fkn tune
That lyric makes me think of Kurt Cobain.
Didn't realise I put then!!!
Nice correcting. . .
Stone Roses then the Beatles; Elvis was just a fat yank. Oasis don't come nowhere near the Roses either. No chance
mounted and framed hung upon my wall
the roses are like the who,jam,pistols,smiths,oasis, they influenced a generation,the clothes the haircuts,its more than just music
i've seen ur severed head at a banquet for the dead... wat a line mr squire, shame u let it all go up ur nose, stone roses forever!!
I'd reverse that. Beatles #1 and Elvis #2. The Beatles have more #1 hits. The bottom line is, Elvis is a performer and The Beatles were artists. Before The Beatles, songs were manufactured on an assembly line. One person wrote the songs, someone else played the music, and the "star" sang them. The Beatles changed all of that. Let's not forget that The Beatles not only changed our ideas of music, but they also changed our culture.
It has nothing to do with not liking Elvis. You just cannot compare him with The Beatles or Rolling Stones because writing songs is the ultimate art of music. Anything else is just glorified kareoke.
Ha..That's funny. Elvis didn't even write his own songs. You can't put him in the same league with The Beatles or the Rolling Stones. Elvis belongs in little league with Britney Spears. He is no different than the wannabes who sing kareoke on American Idol. The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Zeppelin, and Bob Dylan are true artists who express themselves through the words and melodies that THEY WRITE THEMSELVES!! Elvis just sang what he was told to sing...and that's it!!
"Before Elvis there was nothing." - John Lennon
Spine-tingling tune
Thanx bro! Luv this band forever!!
Oniarq
Malaysia