Here Are the Lyrics to Sleep Token's New Song "Damocles"

"Damocles" is the third single to be released in advance of the May 9 release of Sleep Token's highly anticipated fourth album

Sleep Token have released a new song called ‘Damocles’. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album, Even In Arcadia, which arrives on May 9 via Island Records.

‘Damocles’ is the third single to be taken from Even In Arcadia. The song follows ‘Emergence’ and ‘Caramel’, offering fans a glimpse at music near the beginning, middle and end of the 10-track Even In Arcadia.

In the time since the May 2023 release of Take Me Back to Eden, Sleep Token’s third LP, the enigmatic masked band have ascended to arena headliner, even securing a coveted headlining slot at this year’s Download Festival. A North American tour will launch this September and, with the release of ‘Damocles’, fans now have one more holdover until May 9.

Listen to ‘Damocles’ and see the tour dates below.

‘Damocles’ is the third single to be released from Sleep Token's upcoming album, Even In Arcadia, due for release on May 9 via Island Records. The song follows previous singles 'Emergence' and 'Caramel', offering fans a glimpse at music from the beginning, middle and end of the 10-track Even In Arcadia.

The news arrives as the band prepare for the final stages of recording their fourth full-length album, Even In Arcadia, the follow-up to last year’s critically acclaimed Take Me Back To Eden. Having recently completed a sold-out UK arena tour, Sleep Token will be hitting the road in North America this September.

You can view the tour dates and listen to ‘Damocles’ in full via the stream at the bottom of the page. You can also read the lyrics in full below.

Sleep Token, ‘Damocles’ lyrics

Well, I've been waking up under blades, blue blossom days

If only Damocles would hit me back

No alabaster carvings or faces on a farthing

Would prevent my head from fading to black

And it feels like falling into the sea

From outer space in seconds to me

And I play discordant days on repeat

Until they look like harmony

When the river runs dry and the curtain is called

How will I know if I can't see the bottom?

Come up for air and choke on it all

No one else knows that I've got a problem

What if I can't get up and stand tall?

What if the diamond days are all gone

And who will I be when the empire falls?

Wake up alone and I'll be forgotten

Well, I know I should be touring, I know these chords are boring

But I can't always be killing the game

No golden grand pianos or voices from the shadows will do anythin' but feel the same

And it feels like falling into the deep

From somewhere way up over the peaks

And I play discordant days on repeat

Until the tape runs out on me

When the river runs dry and the curtain is called

How will I know if I can't see the bottom?

Come up for air and choke on it all

No one else knows that I've got a problem

What if I can't get up and stand tall?

What if the diamond days are all gone

And who will I be when the empire falls?

Wake up alone and I'll be forgotten

And nobody told me I'd be begging for relief

When what is silent to you feels like it's screaming to me

Well, nobody told me I'd get tired of myself

When it all looks like heaven, but it feels like hell

When the river runs dry and the curtain is called

How will I know if I can't see the bottom?

Come up for air and choke on it all

No one else knows that I've got a problem

What if I can't get up and stand tall?

What if the diamond days are all gone

And who will I be when the empire falls?

Wake up alone and I'll be forgottenSleep Token will be touring North America this September. The dates kick off on 16th September in Duluth, MN, and continue through to 11th October in Los Angeles, CA. The tour will also feature an appearance at Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, KY. Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, 13 July at 10am ET via Sleeptoken.com.

Sleep Token, Even In Arcadia tracklisting:

1. Look to Windward

2. Emergence

3. Past Self

4. Dangerous

5. Caramel

6. Even in Arcadia

7. Provider

8. Damocles

9. Gethsemane

10. Infinite Baths