sleeping with my friends

Track 3 on a study of the human experience volume one and two (Atlantic 75th Anniversary)

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sleeping with my friends Lyrics

[Intro]
Yeah, you know that A-B-C-D, um, E-F song?
It's fuckin' terrible

[Verse 1]
Gotta separate my sexual attraction
From my loneliness, yeah, it's a chain reaction
I, I, I know
I, I should go
To a therapist 'cause it keeps happenin'
Used to be funny, but now I stopped laughin'
I, I, I know
That I, I should stop my

[Pre-Chorus]
Million mistakes in a pretty little bow
Say I'm tired, spend the night
We know where it's gonna go
Say we'll take it slow

[Chorus]
I really need to stop sleepin' with my friends
Romanticize everything in my head
We mess around for a weekend, then never see them again
I really need to stop sleeping with my friends
Always leaves me havin' to pretend
Then I mess around for a weekend, then never see them again

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[Verse 2]
Always endin' up feelin' like I'm a trophy
On the top shelf with nobody left to hold me
I, I, I know
That I, I should stop my

[Pre-Chorus]
Million mistakes in a pretty little bow
Say I'm tired, spend the night
We know where it's gonna go
Say we'll take it slow, yeah

[Chorus]
I really need to stop sleepin' with my friends
Romanticize everything in my head
We mess around for a weekend, then never see them again
I really need to stop sleeping with my friends
Always leaves me havin' to pretend
Then I mess around for a weekend, then never see them again

[Outro]
Frie-e-e-ends, —e-e-e-ends
Frie-e-e-ends, —ends, yeah
Frie-e-e-ends, —e-e-e-ends
Really need to stop sleepin' with my friends
Frie-e-e-ends, —ends
Mess around for a weekend, then never see them again
Frie-e-e-ends (Woah), —e-e-e-ends
Really need to stop sleepin' with my friends
Frie-e-e-ends, —ends
Mess around for a weekend, then never see them again

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What did GAYLE say about "sleeping with my friends"?

I wrote this song with Maya and Brandon Shoop on Zoom when I was in a really lonely, bored, and numb period in my life. Sexually and emotionally I was just going through the motions and I was also having a difficult time differentiating platonic, sexual, and romantic feelings towards my friends and I made some decisions that I used to see as a mistakes but I no longer feel that way and sleeping with my friends is capturing that moment of time for me.

—via Instagram

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