Sleepwalker
United Abominations
2007
Duration: 5:53
Track number: 1
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
A vivid, sinister narrative about a man who fulfills his violent fantasies (including classic mob imagery like **'concrete shoes'** and a **'Colombian necktie'**) while **sleepwalking**. The dreams allow him to commit the murders he desires without consequences, blurring the lines between conscious thought and unconscious action.
Lyrics
I should be calling collect from **jail**
For the things I commit each night in my head
Like last night in my sleep I got to snuff you
But then I woke up again, safe in my little bed
No one is safe when I close my eyes; I come to take your life
I get to force your untimely disappearance
Each night in my dreams, when I'm fast asleep
I close my eyes and you just vanish soon as I
Lay down my head when I'm dead to the whole wide world
No one is safe when I close my eyes; I come to take your life
And then I wake up and it was all just a **dream**
And everything is the same
**Sleepwalker** - Did I give you **concrete shoes**?
And throw you off of a bridge
**Sleepwalker** - When I lay down to sleep
Pray your soul's mine to keep, I feel you near me
Go to sleep, **Sleepwalker**
Just taking a stroll; don't go to sleep!
Here's some toothpicks for your eyes!
You always make an excellent **cadaver**
I roll your body up in a **carpet** to make music in the
Trunk of my limousine, wrapped up in a rug
A fitting end, is that I send you up the river like a punk
No one is safe when I close my eyes; I come to take your life
The **angel of death** is pissed off at me again
Just because I got to put you out of my misery
It doesn't matter, I am without fear
Now you're dead, I won't shed another bloody tear for you
No one is safe when I close my eyes; I come to take your life
I'm calling down the thunder, then you'll **sleep with the fishes**
The answer to all of my wishes
**Sleepwalker** - Did I tell you I was in **movies**?
Then dump you garroted, lying naked in a ditch
**Sleepwalker** - Everyday, another way, I know you can hear me
[Solo - Mustaine]
[Solo - Drover]
I think you'd look nice in a **Colombian necktie**
Should stop your tongue from wagging the dog
No more stupidity from you, as I pull your tongue through
For a smile from ear to ear, now there's nothing to hear
No one is safe when I close my eyes; I come to take your life
And then I wake up and it was all just a **dream**
And everything is still the same
**Sleepwalker** - Did I give you **concrete shoes**?
And throw your body off of a bridge
**Sleepwalker** - When I lay down to sleep
Pray your soul is mine to keep, I feel you near me
**Sleepwalker** - Or did I tell you I was in **movies**?
Then dump you garroted, lying naked in a ditch
**Sleepwalker** - Everyday, another way, I know you can hear me
**Sleepwalker** - Did I buy you the farm?
Put a **horse head in your bed**
**Sleepwalker** - When I lay down to sleep
Pray your soul is mine to keep, I feel you near me
**Sleepwalker** - Everyday
Everyday another way
**Sleepwalker** - When I lay down to sleep
Pray your soul is mine to keep, I know you can hear me
[Repeat Choruses]





