5090 by FAWM: "Is Coffee Not Enough?"

Is Coffee Not Enough?

7 weeks ago by @francesc

Skirmish: Not Enough Coffee (@scubed) Challenge: Descending Chords

Liner Notes

I remembered my time as a sleepy student a few years back.
Coffee is not a replacement for sleep, definitely!

Lyrics

Verse:
Is coffee a replacement for sleep?
Coffee’s bitter, hot, sometimes it’s sweet
But sleep, what a gift, so pleasant
This class has ruined that present

Is coffee enough to keep me standing?
How embarrassing to pass out in this building
filled with students as sleep deprived as I am
I’m bored to tears, but I’ll stay awake if I can

Chorus:
Coffee, save me from drifting away
Sleep is coming, please, please save the day
Oh, I’m falling asleep during this lecture
Coffee failed as a precautionary measure

Coffee, save me from drifting away
I gotta stay awake to get a passing grade
I’m falling asleep during this lecture
I can’t afford to redo this semester

Verse:
Is more coffee what I really need?
Don’t answer, I know what I really need and
what I need’s a billion in my bank account
so I don’t need to work after I graduate, now!

Chorus

Bridge:
Coffee, not enough coffee
Or is coffee not enough?
Coffee, not enough coffee
Yeah, coffee’s not enough
Staying awake is really tough
Coffee is not enough

Chorus

Coffee, not enough coffee
Or is coffee not enough?

Comments

@nancycunning 6w

This one feels like it could be in a musical about college life. It reminds me of how I used to occasionally decide I would never have to sleep again, after a Vietnamese coffee. I like the dreamy music that feels like fading into dreamland, in contrast to the caffienated rhythms of the verses.