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That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep
Leave my door open just a
It's like he wants and hopes that his hypothesis of the earth turning slower than usual to be true; for him, it's like everything ends to soon and there is not enough time for him to enjoy every second of it. For him, sleeping gets you away from the harsh reality wherein things are taken literally leaving out poetry and passion. There's no one he could share this coz they would just think he's nuts and has to wake up to the bitter truth that you have to be serious in order to survive. But sleep gives a whole new meaning to hope. Giving him the ability to understand things better and see their true purposes. And even counters the truth that magical things happens when you believe.