I lay awake at night and pray
Not to see the light of day
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
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
The scene, a city after dawn
Becomes a field of corn
And 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
I 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
Be with him
I love him, I love him, I love him
Not to see the light of day
I wonder how to behave right
He has left me such a mess
Counting to protest
My mind can't get no rest
Calling me out in dreams
He visits me
What will be
Will I see him again soon?
Oh oh oh oh
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
Becomes a field of corn
And I've had this one before
Calling me out in dreams
He visits me
What will be
Will I see him again soon?
Oh oh oh oh
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
The one that's in my head
Well, I'll be alone again
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
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The person dreamed about is a man, but the song is no more specific, so the song can have many different nuances:
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.
"'In Sleep' is one of my favorite songs on 'Catching a Tiger.' It's basically about breaking up with someone, yet dreaming about them ... that you're still together with them, that the two of you are happy. However, when you wake you realize that you have to face reality, move on and cope." -- Lissie
I feel like this is the best song off of her album. Obviously talking about only being able to love someone in your dreams.
Obviously he broke up with her, and she still loves him,"In sleep, is the only place I get see him, get to love him." Only in her dreams will she be able to love him still, but he's not coming back, so hopefully she gets to see him in her dreams.
I agree, that her man left her but I dont see that it was for sure a "break up," maybe he died, maybe he got sent over seas, maybe he's in jail. But whatever the resaon he is out of her life and she is torn up about it.
I agree, that her man left her but I dont see that it was for sure a "break up," maybe he died, maybe he got sent over seas, maybe he's in jail. But whatever the resaon he is out of her life and she is torn up about it.
She does feel like she is not in aggreance with what ever the reason is.
She does feel like she is not in aggreance with what ever the reason is.
Like many of Lissie's Love Songs, she knows how to connect.
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!