I lie down flat
The room stays open
One small light
Keeps choosing me
The dark is thin
The walls are listening
My eyes stay shut
But I keep seeing
I almost fall
Then the room wakes
Sleep does not come
The night stays bright
I turn my face
But it turns with me
Lamp mouth
Door line
Blank roof
Wrong time
I count the air
I count it wrong
The night lies still
But lasts too long
No sound moves
Still I hear it
Sleep does not come
The night stays bright
I close my eyes
And keep seeing
Do not tell me rest is simple
Do not call the darkness kind
Some rooms keep their eyes open
And leave them inside mine
Sleep does not come
The night stays bright
Morning will arrive
Like nothing happened
- Lyricist
Tovin Ashke
- Composer
Tovin Ashke, Sacha Elwin
- Producer
Tovin Ashke
- Vocals
Tovin Ashke
Listen to The Ceiling Was Too Awake by Tovin Ashke
Streaming / Download
- 1
Volume Left On
Tovin Ashke
- 2
The Light Would Not Step Back
Tovin Ashke
- 3
Skin Under Weather
Tovin Ashke
- 4
Every Room Too Near
Tovin Ashke
- 5
No Filter for the Day
Tovin Ashke
- 6
Small Talk, Sharp Edges
Tovin Ashke
- 7
I Kept the Reaction Down
Tovin Ashke
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The Ceiling Was Too Awake
Tovin Ashke
- 9
A Body With No Mute
Tovin Ashke
- 10
Almost Managed Again
Tovin Ashke
- 11
No Lower Setting
Tovin Ashke
Tovin Ashke's second album, No Lower Setting, explores a world that cannot be turned down, where light, sound, touch, and information arrive too strongly while the body tries to stay composed.
