[Intro – female, whisper / half-asleep]
Mr. Sandman…
not tonight…
mm…
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[Verse 1 – soft, swaying]
Almost every morning, here we go again…
You pull me under, won’t let the daylight in…
Chamomile and quiet, pills beside my bed—
but you keep writing poems inside my head…
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[Pre-Chorus – gentle tension]
I tried to rest… I tried to stay…
but you keep drifting me away…
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[Chorus – airy, catchy, lullaby-like]
Mr. Sandman, set me free…
let me wake, let me be…
I’ll come back tonight, I promise you’ll see—
but for now… just release me… 🌙
(MALE whisper: stay with me…)
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[Verse 2 – playful tiredness]
I baked you sweetness from a restless heart…
a little love in an apple tart…
Thought you’d let me go this time—
but you just turned it into rhyme…
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[Pre-Chorus 2 – more pleading]
You like me here… I understand…
but I can’t live inside your hands…
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[Chorus – fuller, layered]
Mr. Sandman, set me free…
let me wake, let me breathe…
I’ll return when the night calls me—
but for now… just release me… 🌙
(MALE whisper: don’t leave me…)
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[Bridge – dialogue / dreamy push-pull]
(FEMALE)
You’re sweet… but you’re too much…
I need air… I need touch…
(MALE – soft, seductive)
You write better when you’re here…
(FEMALE)
…but I disappear…
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[Break – minimal beat / floating]
Tick… tock…
morning knocks…
Still I’m caught…
in your thoughts…
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[Final Chorus – soft surrender → lift]
Mr. Sandman… hear my plea…
set me down… gently…
I’ll come back when night agrees…
you can keep your poetry…
But for now… let me wake…
for my own sanity…
Mr. Sandman…
set me free… ✨
stardust_mary
