Sleeping with the Enemy

by Rylee Strange

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Hey all! Rylee Strange, here. Your friendly neighborhood mad scientist of sound, back again with new music off my upcoming record (release date in 2021). This is technically a cover--a re-imagining of a song by my old band Pop Killer. Recorded exclusively using the decade-old Garageband 6.0.5., which I learned on as a teen. proving you don't need a multi-million dollar studio anymore.

To hear the original version of this tune and other killer tunes, including a BRAND NEW ONE, head over to Pop Killer's bandcamp!
killerofpop.bandcamp.com

lyrics

left for dead behind enemy lines
tip-toeing through a field of mines
better choose your next words carefully

i may fight like a stubborn fool
but you forgot the golden rule
never share your secret plans when
sleeping with the enemy

Pointed words and indecision
what’s a war without attrition?

I won’t ever sign this treaty, babe
with all these casualties
and i will not surrender love
i’ve spent too much time
sleeping with the enemy

Keep talking till you know the score
we’ve gone from love total war
is there no chance to end this peacefully?

we treat each other like foreign spies
tied up, interrogated, full of lies
where do we get with all this
sabotage and secrecy?

Pointed words and indecision
what’s a war without attrition?
Victory by any means
blew this love to smithereens

I won’t ever sign this treaty, babe
with all these casualties
and i will not surrender love
i’ve spent too much time
sleeping with the enemy

bayonets
at the ready
take your aim
hold it steady

count your blessings
kiss the cross
for your future
for the lost

take a breath
hold it in
squeeze the trigger
pull the pin
and FIRE!

I won’t ever sign this treaty, babe
with all these casualties
and i will not surrender love
i’ve spent too much time
sleeping with the enemy

I won’t ever sign this treaty, babe
with all these casualties
and i will not surrender love
i’ve spent too much time
sleeping with the enemy

credits

released November 27, 2020
Michael Whelan: All Guitars
Rylee Strange: All other instruments and vocals
Produced, mixed, and engineered by Rylee Strange at Man on the Door Studios

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Rylee Strange Los Angeles, California

Rylee Strange is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living in Los Angeles. He enjoys things that are not the same, and variety is his religion.

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