[Verse 1]

The moon hazed in lilac

Sewn on denim blue

Cutouts of buildings

Loom like parachutes

Yellow lines lure my step

Running angles in a maze

To time out a parking meter

[Verse 2]

Down day to down day

Circling like mad

On NyQuil and Red Bull

The doses overlap

But who cares if I'm wired?

Should you ask me, I'd only lie

Dark clouds not worth the trouble

[Pre-Chorus]

In living pictures, I am a camera

Panning upwards, the city gleams

[Chorus]

A twilight impression of a street crossing

I'm tired but not languid, only sleepwalking

A smile is an open door

To feelings that colored me before

And bloomed into lilac emotion

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

Frames on the ceiling

Up a gallows

Midnight 'til morning

I wonder where it goes

'Cause this life is but a joke

A bowl of sweet and sour grapes

That I've lost appetite for

[Pre-Chorus]

A chasing after pink cherry petals

That pirouette in a swirling breeze

[Chorus]

A twilight impression of a street crossing

I'm tired but not languid, only sleepwalking

A smile is an open door

To feelings that colored me before

And bloomed into lilac emotion

I've tried to keep from falling off a carousel

But feelings are exhausting, I know very well

So screw all the stars above

This feeling that I mistook for love

Is only a lilac emotion

[Bridge]

Disenchanted, oh yeah

Disappointed, oh yeah

Still your colors flare the skyline

And they give me pause

As summer roses, oh yeah

Fade to sepia, oh yeah

So put me down and let me sleep

I get so tired of waking up

[Chorus]

A twilight impression of a street crossing

I'm tired but not languid, only sleepwalking

Her smile is an open door

To feelings that colored me before

And bloomed into lilac, lilac

Lilac, it's lilac

Lilac, lilac

Lilac, it’s lilac

[Refrain]

Put me down and let me sleep

I get so tired of waking up

Put me down and let me sleep

I get so tired of waking up

Put me down and let me sleep

I get so tired of waking up

Put me down and let me sleep

I get so tired of waking up

Put me down and let me sleep

I get so tired of waking up

Put me down and let me sleep

I get so tired of waking up

Put me down and let me sleep

I get so tired of waking up

Put me down and let me sleep

I get so tired of waking up