Night Terror Lyrics

Lyric discussion by AngeleyedOmelette 

Cover art for Night Terror lyrics by Laura Marling

If the line is "don't fight me" it's because he's fighting the air against the demons of his dreams and she's in the way in her efforts to calm him. Does this guy have to be a lover? It sounds like the sort of protection someone could have towards a child, perhaps a kid brother?

I think it's a lover. She said in an interview that she "went out with a guy who had night terrors" and she "found it fascinating": http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/oct/26/popandrock