now i lay me down to pass out wasted again guess that makes this the seventh time this week and there s some words in my head that could keep me from dying are you handling this any better than i am if i keep it together will you promise to keep us together oh sometimes we lose each other but please don t lose your tongue when i get home i ll keep you up for hours i m gonna need breath in those lungs and when you re finally able to fall asleep though the sun might disagree i m gonna lay right there and watch you breathe til you wake up to me how s it happened that i get to have you for so long and then you re just ripped away from me as i get tossed out to the sea to fight the sharks out there waiting for a wind swell oh i m kind of like a sailor back in 1942 yeah i wanna fight the good fight but goddamn i m gonna miss you oh sometimes we lose each other but please don t lose your tongue when i get home i ll keep you up for hours i m gonna need breath in those lungs and when you re finally able to fall asleep though the sun might disagree i m gonna lay right there and watch you breathe til you wake up to me please don t lose your tongue please don t lose those lungs yeah oh sometimes we lose each other but please don t lose your tongue when i get home i ll keep you up for hours i m gonna need breath in those lungs and when you re finally able to fall asleep though the sun might disagree i m gonna lay right there and watch you breathe til you wake up to me