While You Were Sleeping

While you were sleeping
I have been wide awake
And while you were dreaming of me
I made my mistake.

While you lay sleeping softly
I crept like a mouse
And while you were thinking of me
I ran from the house

While you were sleeping
While you were far away
While you were sleeping
While you were far away

While you were still in the night
I met someone new to me
and even thought it felt so right
my guilt ran right through me.

I thought I was strong enough
to take it all in my stride
but every time I closed my eyes
you were there by my side.

In the calm of the night
I thought it was right
Won't you forgive me?
When it comes down to it
Do as you deem fit.
Oh, while you were sleeping.

While you were sleeping
While you were far away
While you were sleeping
While you were far away.

So I went back to our house
In the dead of the night
I thought you'd be fast asleep
but I saw a light

And when I returned to your bed
You were wide awake
But you thought you had dreamt it all
Oh my favourite mistake

While you were sleeping
While you were far away
While you were sleeping
While you were far away.

Info: Words and Music by Andrew Martin. © Andrew Martin/Copyright Control. Featured on the singles While You Were Sleeping (2002), Amnesty/Wreckage (2004), and the albums Skyline Songs (2002) and The Fury And The Fire (2005).