Featuring guest vocals from King Diamond, of Mercyful Fate, and his solo work, King Diamond, this song is about sleep paralysis; It was inspired by Michael Poulsen’s own experience of sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is when your brain wakes up but is not communicating with the rest of your body.
He later went into detail about his experience, "I had a terrible experience in a hotel in the US while we were touring on the Gigantour. In the middle of the night, I wake up and I cannot move my arms or legs. My eyes are wide open, and I’m trying to reach out to my wife, but I can’t move anything. I almost feel like I’m choking. I was struggling, and there was nothing I could do. The room suddenly became more dark, I felt like there was something in the room, I just couldn’t figure out what it was. There was pressure on my chest, and I was really hurting; I was thinking I was about to have a stroke or a heart attack. I was very convinced I was about to die. Somehow, I fell asleep again, I woke up and it did the same thing; I couldn’t move anything. This time, the pressure on my chest was even heavier; it almost felt like somebody was sitting on top of me. I just couldn’t figure out what it was. Again, I’m so sure I’m about to have a heart attack; this is how I’m dying in a fucking hotel room in the US. It was really, really spooky because I was trying to reach out to my wife, and I couldn’t move."
Featuring guest vocals from King Diamond, of Mercyful Fate, and his solo work, King Diamond, this song is about sleep paralysis; It was inspired by Michael Poulsen’s own experience of sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is when your brain wakes up but is not communicating with the rest of your body.
He later went into detail about his experience, "I had a terrible experience in a hotel in the US while we were touring on the Gigantour. In the middle of the night, I wake up and I cannot move my arms or legs. My eyes are wide open, and I’m trying to reach out to my wife, but I can’t move anything. I almost feel like I’m choking. I was struggling, and there was nothing I could do. The room suddenly became more dark, I felt like there was something in the room, I just couldn’t figure out what it was. There was pressure on my chest, and I was really hurting; I was thinking I was about to have a stroke or a heart attack. I was very convinced I was about to die. Somehow, I fell asleep again, I woke up and it did the same thing; I couldn’t move anything. This time, the pressure on my chest was even heavier; it almost felt like somebody was sitting on top of me. I just couldn’t figure out what it was. Again, I’m so sure I’m about to have a heart attack; this is how I’m dying in a fucking hotel room in the US. It was really, really spooky because I was trying to reach out to my wife, and I couldn’t move."