You're only just a dream boat
Sailing in my head
You swim my secret oceans
Of coral blue and red
Your smell is incense burning
Your touch is silken yet
It reaches through my skin
Moving from within
And clutches at my breast

But it's only when I sleep
I see you in my dreams
Got me spinning 'round and 'round
Turning upside down
But I only hear you breathe (I hear you breathe)
Somewhere in my sleep
Got me spinning 'round and 'round
Turning upside down
But it's only when I sleep

And when I wake from slumber
Your shadow's disappeared
Your breath is just a sea mist
Surrounding my body
I'm working through the daytime
But when it's time to rest
I'm lying in my bed
Listening to my breath
Falling from the edge

But it's only when I sleep
I see you in my dreams
Got me spinning 'round and 'round
Turning upside down
But I only hear you breathe (I hear you breathe)
Somewhere in my sleep (in my sleep)
Got me spinning 'round and 'round
Turning upside down
But it's only when I sleep, yeah yeah, yeah yeah
But it's only when I sleep

It's reaching through my skin
Moving from within
And clutches at my breast

But it's only when I sleep
I see you in my dreams (dreams)
Got me spinning 'round and 'round (spinnin' around)
Turning upside down
But I only hear you breathe (I hear you breathe)

(In bed I lie)
(No need to cry)
(My sleeping cry)
(Hawaiian high)

But it's only when I sleep
Got me spinning 'round and 'round
Turning upside down

(Up to the sky)
(Where angels fly)
(I'll never die)
(Hawaiian high) It's only when I sleep
Got me spinning 'round and 'round
Turning upside down


Lyrics submitted by Novartza, edited by babyfaby

Only When I Sleep Lyrics as written by Sharon Helga Corr Caroline Corr

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, ST. PAUL MUSIC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

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    one of my fave songs of the corrs.. i think it actually means that she is in love with someone that she sees only in her dreams.. that's why it's "only when i sleep"..

    copperblueon December 28, 2007   Link

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