Such Small Hands Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I think I saw you in my sleep, darling
I think I saw you in my dreams
You were stitching up the seams
On every broken promise that your body couldn't keep
I think I saw you in my sleep
Oh!

[Verse 2]
I think I saw you in my sleep, darling
I think I saw you in my dreams

You were stitching up the seams
On every broken promise that your body couldn't keep
I think I saw you in my sleep

[Verse 3]
I thought I heard the door open, oh no
Thought I heard the door open
But I only heard it close
I thought I heard a plane crashing
But now I think it was your passion snapping

[Verse 4]
I think you saw me confronting my fear
It went up with the bottle and went down with the beer
And I think you ought to stay away from here
There are ghosts in the walls and they
Crawl in your head through your ear

[Verse 5]
I think I saw you in my sleep, lover
I think I saw you in my dreams
You were stitching up the seams
On every mangled promise that your body couldn't keep
I think I saw you in my sleep

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Genius Annotation

The title refers to an E. E. Cummings poem titled “Somewhere I Have Never Traveled, Gladly Beyond”, similarly to the album’s last track “Nobody, Not Even The Rain”.

The poem features the line:

Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands

The poem is recited on La Dispute’s Here, Hear. EP, on the track entitled “Two”.

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