Portugal. The Man - Sleep Forever

Portugal. The Man is a strangely punctuated band from Alaska, and by far one of my favorite bands of all time. They've got so much soul it hurts and a groove to match it. John Gourely's vocals are as smooth as a bowl of pudding. Chocolate probably. Maybe butterscotch. Or a combination of the two. Chocoscotch. Either way he can match wits with any singer from the motown era and easily give them a run for their money.

Their new album In the Mountain, In the Cloud is fantastic. Its got a grandiose, infinite feel to it that leaves you feeling fulfilled and OK with the world. This song "Sleep Forever", the closing track, solidifies that feeling of acceptance with the idea of existence and what it means to be human, even if this means coming to terms with the fact that we aren't immortal.

As I finally meet my end

I won't be scared, I won't defend

The things I've done

I don't need him like you do

I don't fear him like you do



As the world revolves the sun

I hope the light that I become can

Sleep for once

I will leave it like you do

I won't lead it like you do

I won't leave it like they do

I don't need him like they do



I just want to sleep forever

Never see tomorrow

Or lead or follow

I don't want to work forever

Know what I know

Or beg or borrow



Just like our mothers

Who gave us our homes

We'll be just like our fathers

And go out on their own

'Cause we are the colors

Of all that you see

We'll be just like our brothers

And take to the streets

Take to the streets



I just want to sleep forever

Never see tomorrow

Lead or follow



As my world it hides behind

The words only your wars define

They read a lot like news

But I fear it more than you

I fear it more than you

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I just want to sleep forever

Never see tomorrow

Or lead or follow

I don't want to work forever

Know what I know

Or beg or borrow



Just like old lovers

Who never leave home

We'll forget the city

And forget the roads

'Cause we are all rebels

Never do what we're told

We may not grow money

But man we grow old

Man we grow old



I just want to sleep forever

Never see tomorrow

Or lead or follow

I don't want to work forever

Know what I know

Or beg or borrow



Just like our mothers

Who gave us our homes

We'll be just like our fathers

And go out on our own

'Cause we are the colors

In all that you see

We'll be just like our brothers

And take to the streets



'Cause we are all children

Yeah, we are all man

It may not be much

But we do what we can

Don't need no preacher

To make us believe

That everything's perfectly

Fucked up like me