With a drastic change from the hardcore scene, the Sleeping is now considered to be post-hardcore/Rock/Alternative, and has played with bands such as Fightstar, Halifax, Silverstein, Bayside, Stretch Armstrong, Spitalfield and Haste the Day.
On August 6, 2008 the band announced that after 6 months of auditioning for a new pianist/guitarist to replace Cameron Keym, they had recruited Paul Cadena (Guitar) and Christopher Evans (Keyboards/Synths), the newest members of The Sleeping.
The band proceeded to tour across the East Coast and Midwest US with Envy On The Coast and Secret Lives of the Freemasons.
On February 17, 2009, new album What It Takes was released.
Sunday Matinee
The Sleeping Lyrics
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Now I can't forget (buried in pain and thought, just because I wasn't there)
Slide show incarcerated with grief and I know times have changed in our eyes. That's for sure, so I quit. This is bad news another album going nowhere, going nowhere.
Now, without you, I can't.
Eyes, slides are spinning. Toss, the ground is gone, dizzy and overthrown. Slide my feelings, my eyes away.
The lyrics of The Sleeping's song Sunday Matinee are symbolic and metaphoric. The first line, "Scented a rose, and as the shocked machines still scanning pavements screen, ground with siren eyes" is a reference to the contrast between the natural beauty of a rose and the harshness of technology which is represented by the "shocked machines". The following lines "Piecing of pieces fit. Shifting the overwhelming. Fault lines now open." could be interpreted as desperation to try and make sense of a situation that seems hopeless and chaotic.
The next line, "Now I can't forget (buried in pain and thought, just because I wasn't there)" could refer to the guilt and remorse that the singer feels for not being there for someone, maybe a loved one who has passed away or someone who was in need of help. The line "Slide show incarcerated with grief" suggests that the singer is being held captive by grief, unable to move forward. The line "This is bad news another album going nowhere, going nowhere" indicates a sense of frustration and futility, perhaps related to the music industry.
Overall, the lyrics of Sunday Matinee are open to interpretation and may hold different meanings to different listeners.
Line by Line Meaning
Scented a rose, and as the shocked machines still scanning pavements screen, ground with siren eyes.
As I smelled a fragrant rose, I observed the motionless machines scanning the streets with their alert, glowing eyes.
Sounding through blinding sight.
Their alarming sounds piercing through my blurry vision.
Piecing of pieces fit.
Assembling the fragments and making sense of the chaos.
Shifting the overwhelming.
Trying to navigate through the overwhelming emotions.
Fault lines now open.
The cracks within myself are now exposed.
Now I can't forget (buried in pain and thought, just because I wasn't there)
I cannot shake off the pain and the thoughts of regret, all because I wasn't present.
Slide show incarcerated with grief and I know times have changed in our eyes.
My mind is trapped in a slideshow of sorrow, and I realize that things have irreversibly changed between us.
That's for sure, so I quit.
It's inevitable, so I give up.
This is bad news another album going nowhere, going nowhere.
This is disappointing, another pointless venture.
Now, without you, I can't.
I cannot survive without you.
Eyes, slides are spinning.
My eyes are spinning as I watch the slideshow.
Toss, the ground is gone, dizzy and overthrown.
The floor beneath me disappears, and I feel lightheaded and disoriented.
Slide my feelings, my eyes away.
I try to suppress my feelings and look away.
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