Count me out like sovereigns, payback for the good times
Right foot in the roses, left foot on a landmine
I'm not gonna be there tripping on the grapevine
They can sing the words while I cry into the bassline
Wear me out like Prada, devil in my detail
I swear it's getting harder even just to exhale
Backed up into corners, bitter in the lens, I'm
Sick of trying to hide it every time they take mine
So stick to me, stick to me like caramel
Walk beside me 'til you feel nothing as well
And they ask me
"Is it going good in the garden?"
I say I'm lost but I beg no pardon, up on the dice but low on the cards
I try not to talk about how it's harder now
Can I get a mirror side-stage? Looking sideways at my own visage, getting worse
Every time they try to shout my real name just to get a rise from me
Acting like I'm never stressed out by the hearsay
I guess that's what I get for trying to hide in the limelight
Guess that's what I get for having twenty-twenty hindsight
Everybody wants eyes on 'em, I just wanna hear you sing that top line
And if you don't think I mean it, then I understand
But I'm still glad you came, so let me see those hands
So stick to me, stick to me like caramel
Walk beside me 'til you feel nothing as well
Falling free of the final parallel
The sweetest dreams are bitter, but there's no one left to tell
Too young to get bitter over it all
Too old to retaliate like before
Too blessed to be caught ungrateful, I know
So I'll keep dancing along to the rhythm
This stage is a prison, a beautiful nightmare (too young to get bitter over it all)
A war of attrition, I'll take what I'm given (too old to retaliate like before)
The deepest incisions, I thought I got better (too blessed to be caught ungrateful, I know)
But maybe I didn't
(In these days of days) tell me, did I give you what you came for?
(I wish it all away) terrified to answer my own front door
(I thought things had changed) missing my wings in a realm of angels
(But everything's the same) so I'll keep dancing along to the rhythm
This stage is a prison, a beautiful nightmare
A war of attrition, I'll take what I'm given
The deepest incisions, I thought I got better
But maybe I didn't
Sleep Token - Caramel Lyrics
Sleep Token - Caramel Lyrics
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Count me out like sovereigns, payback for the good times
Right foot in the roses, left foot on a landmine
I'm not gonna be there tripping on the grapevine
They can sing the words while I cry into the bassline
Wear me out like Prada, devil in my detail
I swear it's getting harder even just to exhale
Backed up into corners, bitter in the lens, I'm
Sick of trying to hide it every time they take mine
So stick to me, stick to me like caramel
Walk beside me 'til you feel nothing as well
And they ask me
"Is it going good in the garden?"
I say I'm lost but I beg no pardon, up on the dice but low on the cards
I try not to talk about how it's harder now
Can I get a mirror side-stage? Looking sideways at my own visage, getting worse
Every time they try to shout my real name just to get a rise from me
Acting like I'm never stressed out by the hearsay
I guess that's what I get for trying to hide in the limelight
Guess that's what I get for having twenty-twenty hindsight
Everybody wants eyes on 'em, I just wanna hear you sing that top line
And if you don't think I mean it, then I understand
But I'm still glad you came, so let me see those hands
So stick to me, stick to me like caramel
Walk beside me 'til you feel nothing as well
Falling free of the final parallel
The sweetest dreams are bitter, but there's no one left to tell
Too young to get bitter over it all
Too old to retaliate like before
Too blessed to be caught ungrateful, I know
So I'll keep dancing along to the rhythm
This stage is a prison, a beautiful nightmare (too young to get bitter over it all)
A war of attrition, I'll take what I'm given (too old to retaliate like before)
The deepest incisions, I thought I got better (too blessed to be caught ungrateful, I know)
But maybe I didn't
(In these days of days) tell me, did I give you what you came for?
(I wish it all away) terrified to answer my own front door
(I thought things had changed) missing my wings in a realm of angels
(But everything's the same) so I'll keep dancing along to the rhythm
This stage is a prison, a beautiful nightmare
A war of attrition, I'll take what I'm given
The deepest incisions, I thought I got better
But maybe I didn't
Right foot in the roses, left foot on a landmine
I'm not gonna be there tripping on the grapevine
They can sing the words while I cry into the bassline
Wear me out like Prada, devil in my detail
I swear it's getting harder even just to exhale
Backed up into corners, bitter in the lens, I'm
Sick of trying to hide it every time they take mine
So stick to me, stick to me like caramel
Walk beside me 'til you feel nothing as well
And they ask me
"Is it going good in the garden?"
I say I'm lost but I beg no pardon, up on the dice but low on the cards
I try not to talk about how it's harder now
Can I get a mirror side-stage? Looking sideways at my own visage, getting worse
Every time they try to shout my real name just to get a rise from me
Acting like I'm never stressed out by the hearsay
I guess that's what I get for trying to hide in the limelight
Guess that's what I get for having twenty-twenty hindsight
Everybody wants eyes on 'em, I just wanna hear you sing that top line
And if you don't think I mean it, then I understand
But I'm still glad you came, so let me see those hands
So stick to me, stick to me like caramel
Walk beside me 'til you feel nothing as well
Falling free of the final parallel
The sweetest dreams are bitter, but there's no one left to tell
Too young to get bitter over it all
Too old to retaliate like before
Too blessed to be caught ungrateful, I know
So I'll keep dancing along to the rhythm
This stage is a prison, a beautiful nightmare (too young to get bitter over it all)
A war of attrition, I'll take what I'm given (too old to retaliate like before)
The deepest incisions, I thought I got better (too blessed to be caught ungrateful, I know)
But maybe I didn't
(In these days of days) tell me, did I give you what you came for?
(I wish it all away) terrified to answer my own front door
(I thought things had changed) missing my wings in a realm of angels
(But everything's the same) so I'll keep dancing along to the rhythm
This stage is a prison, a beautiful nightmare
A war of attrition, I'll take what I'm given
The deepest incisions, I thought I got better
But maybe I didn't
Writer: Vessel
Copyright: Lyrics © SENTRIC MUSIC
Copyright: Lyrics © SENTRIC MUSIC
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On 13 March 2025, Sleep Token announced a brand new, 10 track album titled Even in Arcadia, due for release 9 May 2025. At the same time they dropped the first single from it, titled "Emergence" available on all streaming services. A new tour of the United States was announced with confirmed dates and a new website with brand new merchandise available to pre-order was launched.
At this time, weatherman Chris Michaels who features as the morning meteorologist for the WRAL-TV network, and is known for subtly incorporating lyrics from metal bands into his TV reports, took to Instagram, sharing a clip with Sleep Token's logo on the screen behind him with Emergence playing and the caption: "Prepare. 3/29". Following from this, he dropped a further teaser on that date asking us to "Prepare" in his report and that something is "Developing later in the week". On the screen behind him showed various cities in the region with "Behold, an offering" at the top. Some of the cities were missing characters and fans were quick to figure out the missing letters spelt out "CARAMEL" and then worked out that an example of sugar pyrolysis would result in caramel formation.
Several days after, the official Sleep Token and house Instagram accounts shared a new reel very similar to the one that teased "Emergence", this time with the black flamingo walking inside one of these buildings in the Arcadia garden aesthetic, with the message: "Prepare. Caramel. 4/4". Following this teaser, all streaming services revealed "Caramel" to be Track 5 on the new album, confirming it as the second single from the album.
4 April 2025, Sleep Token officially released their second single from the album, Caramel on all streaming services. The song became the bands highest charting single across multiple countries around the globe, making it their most successful release to date.
The song is often compared to the performance convention of "breaking the fourth wall", where for the first time, Vessel is not singing from a place associated with the lore and story they have built up over the years, but from the very personal perspective of the man behind the mask.
The song deals with the dichotomy of fame, the good and the bad that comes with a meteoric rise in the spotlight, the stress that brings to the band members' personal lives as they increasingly struggle to remain anonymous as they gain in notoriety, but also acknowledges that in hindsight, maybe this should have been seen coming and that even with these negatives, they still love what they do and will continue through those trials.
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Sleep TokenAt this time, weatherman Chris Michaels who features as the morning meteorologist for the WRAL-TV network, and is known for subtly incorporating lyrics from metal bands into his TV reports, took to Instagram, sharing a clip with Sleep Token's logo on the screen behind him with Emergence playing and the caption: "Prepare. 3/29". Following from this, he dropped a further teaser on that date asking us to "Prepare" in his report and that something is "Developing later in the week". On the screen behind him showed various cities in the region with "Behold, an offering" at the top. Some of the cities were missing characters and fans were quick to figure out the missing letters spelt out "CARAMEL" and then worked out that an example of sugar pyrolysis would result in caramel formation.
Several days after, the official Sleep Token and house Instagram accounts shared a new reel very similar to the one that teased "Emergence", this time with the black flamingo walking inside one of these buildings in the Arcadia garden aesthetic, with the message: "Prepare. Caramel. 4/4". Following this teaser, all streaming services revealed "Caramel" to be Track 5 on the new album, confirming it as the second single from the album.
4 April 2025, Sleep Token officially released their second single from the album, Caramel on all streaming services. The song became the bands highest charting single across multiple countries around the globe, making it their most successful release to date.
The song is often compared to the performance convention of "breaking the fourth wall", where for the first time, Vessel is not singing from a place associated with the lore and story they have built up over the years, but from the very personal perspective of the man behind the mask.
The song deals with the dichotomy of fame, the good and the bad that comes with a meteoric rise in the spotlight, the stress that brings to the band members' personal lives as they increasingly struggle to remain anonymous as they gain in notoriety, but also acknowledges that in hindsight, maybe this should have been seen coming and that even with these negatives, they still love what they do and will continue through those trials.
-Wikipedia
Genre(s): Alternative, Alternative Rock
Language: English
Length: 4:50
Written by: Vessel
Released: May 9th, 2025
Year: 2025
