Seven Days Awake

Woke with sand between my teeth

The minaret was calling out

Someone left the window open

And the wind came howling in

I have not slept for seven days

But my hands keep moving anyway

Sharpen the strings till they scream

Sharpen the strings till they bleed

Spin me faster than the sun

Spin me till the morning comes

Spin me faster than the sun

I am not the one who runs

Hey-ya hey-ya

Hey-ya hey-ya

My mother warned me not to stay

Underneath a foreign moon

But the rhythm grabbed my ankle

And it would not let me go

Every doorway hums a warning

Every rooftop knows my name

Sharpen the strings till they scream

Sharpen the strings till they bleed

Spin me faster than the sun

Spin me till the morning comes

Spin me faster than the sun

I am not the one who runs

Hey-ya hey-ya

Hey-ya hey-ya

I did not come to be saved

I came to break the quiet

I came to burn the quiet

I came to eat the quiet whole

Spin me faster than the sun

Spin me till the morning comes

Spin me faster than the sun

I am not the one who runs

Hey-ya hey-ya

Hey-ya hey-ya

Hey-ya hey-ya

Hey-ya hey-ya