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I lay awake at night and pray
Not to see the light of day
And I wonder how to behave right
He has left me such a mess
Counting to protest
My mind can't get no rest
Fast asleep where I keep my memories
He's calling me out in dreams
He visits me
What will be?
Will I see him again soon?
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Why am I so terrified of waking?
He's gone and I feel I've been forsaken
In sleep is the only place I get to see him, get to love him
It seems a city after dawn
Becomes a field of corn
I've had this one before
Fast asleep where I keep my memories
Calling me out in dreams
He visits me
What will be?
Will I see him again soon?
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Why am I so terrified of waking?
He's gone and I feel I've been forsaken
In sleep is the only place I get to see him, get to love him
AndI know that when the story ends
The one that's in my head
Well, I'll be alone again
Why am I so terrified of waking?
He's gone and I feel I've been forsaken
In sleep is the only place I get to see him, get to love him
Why am I so terrified of waking?
He's gone and I feel I've been forsaken
In sleep is the only place I get to see him, get to love him
Be with him
I love him, I love him, I love him
Not to see the light of day
And I wonder how to behave right
He has left me such a mess
Counting to protest
My mind can't get no rest
Fast asleep where I keep my memories
He's calling me out in dreams
He visits me
What will be?
Will I see him again soon?
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Why am I so terrified of waking?
He's gone and I feel I've been forsaken
In sleep is the only place I get to see him, get to love him
It seems a city after dawn
Becomes a field of corn
I've had this one before
Fast asleep where I keep my memories
Calling me out in dreams
He visits me
What will be?
Will I see him again soon?
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Why am I so terrified of waking?
He's gone and I feel I've been forsaken
In sleep is the only place I get to see him, get to love him
AndI know that when the story ends
The one that's in my head
Well, I'll be alone again
Why am I so terrified of waking?
He's gone and I feel I've been forsaken
In sleep is the only place I get to see him, get to love him
Why am I so terrified of waking?
He's gone and I feel I've been forsaken
In sleep is the only place I get to see him, get to love him
Be with him
I love him, I love him, I love him
Lyrics submitted by bananahero
Track duration: 04:57
"In Sleep" as written by Julian/irvin Emery
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Weather this song be about a lost lover, or a father(relative) that has past away, I think her audience can connect.
And the notion that she can only seem him "in sleep," is very deep. Especialy when she mentions she doesnt want to wake up, you can alomst intermprit that as suicidle.
The lyrics remind me of a The Cure song, Close to me:
I've waited hours for this
I've made myself so sick
I wish I'd stayed asleep today
All n All, great song!
She does feel like she is not in aggreance with what ever the reason is.
If it's about a lost lover, the emotional resonance is negative, in the sense that he's moved on, and she hasn't.
If it's about an estranged father, then the impact of dreaming about him could bring father and daughter back together, which has a more positive resonance.
Most poignantly, it's about a dead person, maybe a dead grandfather, in which case there's a poetic beauty to the song, where the living grand-daughter brings him back to life in her dreams, sustaining the memory of him long after he's gone. This is the affecting meaning that means the most to me.
Obviously talking about only being able to love someone in your dreams.