City At Sleep by Victoria Platt (Ft. Haaz Sleiman, Jennifer Damiano & Leslie Odom Jr.)
City At Sleep by Victoria Platt (Ft. Haaz Sleiman, Jennifer Damiano & Leslie Odom Jr.)

City At Sleep

Victoria Platt & Leslie Odom Jr. & Haaz Sleiman & Jennifer Damiano * Track #5 On Venice (Original Cast Recording)

City At Sleep Annotated

[Willow]
I feel the void I left behind
Am I strong enough to hold
The weight of all their souls?
I wonder if they are nearby
Shadows on the wall
Hoping we don't fall

[Venice]
Open the window feel the wind
Blow
See the city sleeping in a state
Of Limbo
I feel their presence on my
Shoulders
And in this moment
A wound is open
After all those years thought the
Lock was broken
Is the writing on the wall?
Has it been there all along?

[Venice & Willow]
It's not too late
The city is so quiet
And my midnight hour's never seen
This sight
Was our fate determined by that
Night?
Seems like -- all that's wrong could
Now be right

And from what I know this road
Is golden
And I know I believe in you
How far we've come
We've just begun
But when the morning breaks we
Will see the sun

[Emilia]
Tonight
A city sleeps
With the news on the street
That we are safe beneath
Our sheets
And so we sleep
Hoping that the bombs don't drop
On our streets
And you can feel it in the air
Expectance
Cause it was relentless
For countless seconds
The bombs would beckon
Ay yo I reckon --
This city is too quiet tonight
Time can play tricks and be so damn
Wicked
One day you're in love and your
Soul is stricken
Your heart patters fast and your
Pace is quickened
But what you don't see is the bomb
That's ticking
Well I've been married five years
My dear I swear
I thought we were a great pair
Beware, prepare
Cause these days he doesn't even
Come near

[Emilia] (Spoken)
You're late. Where were you tonight?

[Markos] (Spoken)
Didn't you hear?
My brother's got a new wife --
I said he's got a new wife and I wasn't
informed.
It's like one more thing to this goddamn
war --

[Emilia] (Spoken)
Yeah I heard, it's all over the news.
Baby come here -- don't I get a kiss
from you?

[Markos] (Spoken)
Not right now I got things on my mind.
Can't you leave me for a second -- just a
moment to unwind?
Damn -- I just need some time.
The minute I get home I gotta hear you
whine.

[Emilia] (Spoken)
Oh? Like you're so refined?

[Markos] (Spoken)
Please, baby, not now
I need you to be kind
There's a party to plan
I'm feeling hardly a man
And with all your demands
You just don't understand
I am hardly in step
With your emotional dance
From the time I walk in
I don't stand a chance

[Emilia]
All these years spent fighting
Lying
Trying not to cry

[Markos]
Give me one more reason
Not to leave and say goodbye

[Emilia]
Grasping for some memory to keep
My love alive

[Emilia & Markos]
I need
I need a change tonight

[Markos]
I need a change tonight

[Emilia]
I need a change tonight

[Venice & Willow] (Markos & Emilia)
But from what
I know
This road is
Golden (All these years)
And I know (Spent fighting)
Believe in you (Maybe this will)
What we've (Turn the tide)
Been told
We can't (I need)
Control (I need a change)
I'm here with (Tonight)
You (I need a change)
(Tonight)
Tonight (I need a change)
Tonight (Tonight)
Tonight (I need a change)
Tonight (Tonight)

(A knock at the door)

[Markos] (Spoken)
Uninvited unfound
In this hell of a home
Opportunity knocks
And it's time to go

[Emilia]
I never thought the road was
Golden
But I want to believe in you
I need a change tonight
I need a change tonight

City At Sleep Q&A

Who wrote City At Sleep's ?

City At Sleep was written by Eric Rosen & Matt Sax.

When did Victoria Platt release City At Sleep?

Victoria Platt released City At Sleep on Tue Sep 23 2014.

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