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This song had it's inspiration in a Rumi poem. He's been dead for nearly a thousand years but alive in my own heart. The idea is if God isn't with you, you cannot rest, but when God is with you, you don't wish to sleep. Of course if you wish, you can believe it's about a woman. . . well it is 2021 now. Thanks to Patrick Russini for suggesting the talk beneath the jam at the end of the song.

This is a song we kind of kicked ourselves for not having on the first album so it's only fitting that founder of the band, Jeff Hocker, would play some kick ass bass on this recording. Thanks Jeff.

Lyrics

Two Insomnias

Words and Music

by Richard Schulman

There are two different insomnias

Two ways I don’t sleep

One happens when we’re apart

The other when

You’re here with me

When we are not together

I’m aching for your touch

And then when you return to me

My joy is just too much

Two insomnias

One of joy one of pain

One harsh as the desert sun

One gentle as summer rain

I’ll stay up half the night

Waiting for your call

Or talking with such delight

Don’t notice time at all

Two different insomnias

I don’t get much rest

I’ll sleep next lifetime

I think that would be best

Two insomnias

One of joy one of pain

One harsh as the desert sun

One gentle as summer rain

Two insomnias

One of joy one of pain

One harsh as the desert sun

One gentle as summer rain

There are two different insomnias

Two ways I don’t sleep

One happens when we’re apart

The other when

You’re here with me

I don’t sleep

I don't sleep

I can't sleep

When you're not

Here with me

I don't sleep

I don't sleep

I don't sleep

I don't sleep

I don't sleep

I don't sleep

I don't sleep

I don't sleep

I don't sleep