Where Hides Sleep
Embracing Shadows: The Quest for Rest in Alison Moyet's 'Where Hides Sleep'
Lyrics
Where hides sleep; is she watching me?
Expressing a search for the elusive state of sleep and questioning if it observes the speaker.
Don't desert me now.
Pleading not to be abandoned at this moment.
Where hides sleep; you're tormenting me.
Reiterating the desire for sleep, describing it as a source of torment.
Don't forsake me now.
Urgently requesting not to be abandoned at this critical juncture.
Take hold of my soul, and pull me into darkness.
Asking for the soul to be taken into the darkness, perhaps seeking solace in the unconscious state of sleep.
Cover me over, and stifle my anguish.
Desiring to be enveloped and relieved of inner pain.
Where hides sleep; she's avoiding me.
Noting the perceived avoidance of sleep and a plea not to be ignored.
Don't evade me now.
Urging not to elude the speaker at this moment.
Where hides sleep; please don't torture me.
Pleading with sleep not to inflict pain deliberately.
Don't forsake me now.
Repeating the plea not to be forsaken.
I open my lips to your warm ancient potion.
Expressing readiness to receive a comforting and ancient remedy.
I would be still and devoid of emotion,
Desiring stillness and emotional emptiness.
For I would be slumber that I could be rest.
Expressing a wish to become sleep for the sake of rest.
Curl in warm embers of such peacefulness.
Imagining a state of peaceful slumber, akin to warm embers.
Caressed by oblivion, and swallowed by dreams.
Envisioning being embraced by oblivion and immersed in dreams.
I want you to hold me, and cover my eyes.
Expressing a longing to be held and shielded from the harshness of reality.
From the cold distant daylight;
Seeking protection from the cold and distant daylight, suggesting a desire for escape.
Holds no surprise.
Not wanting to be surprised by the realities of the outside world.
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