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Sleep lyrics
The evening hangs beneath the moon
A silver thread on darkened dune
With closing eyes and resting head
I know that sleep is coming soon
Upon my pillow, safe in bed
A thousand pictures fill my head
I cannot sleep my minds a flight
And yet my limbs seem made of lead
If there are noises in the night
A freighting shadow, flickering light
Then I surrender unto sleep
Where clouds of dreams give second sight
What dreams may come both dark and deep
Of flying wings and soaring leap
As I surrender unto sleep
As I surrender unto sleep
Part of these releases
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- Track 17 on Conspirare: Through the Green Fuse
- 16 Smávinir Fagrir
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- Track 17 on Through the Green Fuse
- 16 Smávinir Fagrir
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Jenny 0 points
my highschool choir sang this song and it was amazing! i loved it!!!
Monica 0 points
The author of the poem is a friend of Eric Whitacre and Whitacre had asked him to write lyrics to the music he had made. The author them watched his three year old son fall to sleep one night for inspiration to write what is now Sleep. It isn't really sad at all just a poem of a child being able to relax and feel safe.
Alicia 0 points
it sounds like its the perspective of one dying. at the end, i think of the dying person breathing every time they sing 'sleep'
Marie 0 points
i love this song! its so sad yet hauntingly beautiful at the same time. i can't stop listening to it!!!!