Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate Lyrics

Lyric discussion by kindofblue 

Cover art for Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate lyrics by Jackson Browne

Maybe it's about death, but to me it's more of a memory and reckoning song, especially the concluding verse "sometimes I lie awake at night and wonder where the years have gone..."

It's looking back, especially in those lonely night hours when the rest of the world is sleeping. Looking back with a mixture of wonder and regret.