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Big Sleep Lyrics
So where did you go?
Where do you go in the Big Sleep
Going out in the Deep Sleep
Is where you're wandering now
So where did you go
When you're in the Big Sleep
Drifting in wildlife
And still you're wandering now
We were on the top and the world was spinning
We were only young in the whirlpool of warning
Communication lost in the thundering rain style
A shelter from the storm in the early beginning
Going out in the Big Sleep, out in the Big Sleep
Could have been years, you know it could have been years
Or only seconds ago
Big Sleep, Deep Sleep
Where are you now?
Now that you're up in Big Sleep
Valuable friend
They saw you leaving this way
We were on the top and the world was spinning
We were only young in the whirlpool of warning
Communication lost in the thundering rain style
A shelter from the storm in the early beginning
Where did you go?
Immaculate friend
For a lifetime I'm grateful
And it's only seconds away
Big Sleep, Deep Sleep
For evermore
If only you could see me
If only you could see me
If only you could see
Forever
Coming home in the Big Sleep
Coming home
Where do you go in the Big Sleep
Going out in the Deep Sleep
Is where you're wandering now
So where did you go
When you're in the Big Sleep
Drifting in wildlife
And still you're wandering now
We were only young in the whirlpool of warning
Communication lost in the thundering rain style
A shelter from the storm in the early beginning
Going out in the Big Sleep, out in the Big Sleep
Could have been years, you know it could have been years
Or only seconds ago
Now that you're up in Big Sleep
Valuable friend
They saw you leaving this way
We were only young in the whirlpool of warning
Communication lost in the thundering rain style
A shelter from the storm in the early beginning
Where did you go?
Immaculate friend
For a lifetime I'm grateful
And it's only seconds away
If only you could see me
If only you could see me
If only you could see
Forever
Coming home in the Big Sleep
Coming home
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It's simple. Longing for a departed friend. RIP...Jamie,Dre,Joey,Mike,Ike,Vern,Larry,Kilo,Keith,Kim,Kimberly,Todd,Linz,Corwynn,Jeff,Jeff M,I miss all of you. Value friends.One and all.
@panamaniak and my cousin rabbit, my lil cat shadow and most of all my only daughter...Brittany Denise May, aged 28...I miss u lil red gurl
@panamaniak and my cousin rabbit, my lil cat shadow and most of all my only daughter...Brittany Denise May, aged 28...I miss u lil red gurl
@panamaniak RIH Charlene Blackwell, i will always love u my sister
@panamaniak RIH Charlene Blackwell, i will always love u my sister
The lyrics to Big Sleep are open to interpretation in the sense that they could be dedicated to an old friend specifically, or a departed loved one. But it’s unquestionably a song that speaks of the grief and frustration that follows the death of a loved one.
The line ‘Where did you go? Immaculate friend…for a lifetime I’m grateful’ in particular hits hard to anyone who has lost a friend or family member, and wishes they could say thank you one last time. Whether it was for their friendship, support, their love.
I lost my Mother to lung cancer in late March, and Big Sleep has been swirling around in my head for weeks since. Simple Minds was one of my Mum’s all time favourite bands, which makes this song all the more painful for me to listen to.