Lyric discussion by kelley BELLYYY 

Cover art for Sleep lyrics by Eric Whitacre

What an absolutely gorgeous song. We dedicated this song to my recently retired choral director's son, who died because of epilepsy. By the end of it, there was not one dry eye in the chorus or in the audience. It's such a powerful and beautiful song... I really want to perform it again. Macauley is right, it's about submitting to a sleep that you won't wake from.