This song tells the story of a man suffering from sleepwalking, a phenomenon of combined sleep and wakefulness; It's classified as a sleep disorder belonging to the parasomnia family, which most tracks on the album here are focused on. It is also potentially, but not stated as such, a reference or inspired by the case of Randy Herman Jr., who was convicted in 2019 of murdering his roommate and friend. He claims that he was sleepwalking during the murder and was therefore innocent. In most cases of sleepwalking, it's usually simple actions the person would do when awake, with more complex actions being rarer; Often complex ones are disputed as fake.
In the song, it's much different, being about a man who, in non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, believes someone's just broken into their home at night. In defense, he grabs a knife to stab the would-be intruder, and lays back in bed for a peaceful slumber, only waking up to the realization he killed his wife.
This song tells the story of a man suffering from sleepwalking, a phenomenon of combined sleep and wakefulness; It's classified as a sleep disorder belonging to the parasomnia family, which most tracks on the album here are focused on. It is also potentially, but not stated as such, a reference or inspired by the case of Randy Herman Jr., who was convicted in 2019 of murdering his roommate and friend. He claims that he was sleepwalking during the murder and was therefore innocent. In most cases of sleepwalking, it's usually simple actions the person would do when awake, with more complex actions being rarer; Often complex ones are disputed as fake.
In the song, it's much different, being about a man who, in non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, believes someone's just broken into their home at night. In defense, he grabs a knife to stab the would-be intruder, and lays back in bed for a peaceful slumber, only waking up to the realization he killed his wife.