Even In Arcadia – Sleep Token
Even In Arcadia Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Come now, swing wide those gates
‘Cause I have paid my penance kindly well in time for judgment day
Somehow I knew my fate
Turns out the gods we thought were dying were just sharpening their blades
[Chorus]
Have you been waiting long
For me?
[Verse 2]
I am the final dawn, I am the flood
And what was missing from those scriptures will be written in my blood
Dig down into the mud
What good is all this talk of wings when there is nothing left above?
[Chorus]
Have you been waiting long
For me?
Have you been waiting long?
[Verse 3]
No matter how we feel
We’ve got a taste for one another and a few good years to kill
No matter what is real
It seems that even in Arcadia you walk beside me still
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[Chorus]
Have you been waiting long
For me?
Have you been waiting long
For me?
[Instrumental Outro]
About “Even In Arcadia”
“Even in Arcadia” is the title track from Sleep Token’s 2025 album, serving as its emotional and thematic centerpiece. The song opens with a delicate, music box-like melody, soon joined by soft piano, creating a space that feels suspended outside of time. Vessel’s voice enters gently, delivering the haunting question: “Have you been waiting long for me?” The track unfolds like a letter written to no one and everyone, a quiet reckoning with absence, distance, and longing.
