Sleep Alone Lyrics
Know my only goal is to see
When I'm only fast asleep
It takes more than strength to find
This peace of mind
[Pre-Chorus]
So I'll hold, hold, hold
Hold it close
To my heart beating with every step
Hold, hold, hold it close
[Chorus]
He sleeps alone
He needs no army where he's headed 'cause he knows
That they're just ghosts
And they can't hurt him if he can't see them, oh
And I may go
To places I have never been to just to find
The deepest desires in my mind
[Verse 2]
We, we only know what we see
'Cause we're always fast asleep
Is it so hard not to believe
That we'll never know?
Oh, hold, hold, hold
Hold me close
I've never been this far from home
Hold, hold, hold me close
[Chorus]
He sleeps alone
He needs no army where he's headed 'cause he knows
That they're just ghosts
And they can't hurt him if he can't see them, oh
And I may go
To places I have never been to just to find
The deepest desires in my mind
[Bridge]
It's in my head and I have said
That I must be like him now
He sleeps alone
He sleeps alone
And one last chance to make sense
Of what has long escaped us
He sleeps alone
I sleep alone
[Chorus]
He sleeps alone
He needs no army where he's headed 'cause he knows
That they're just ghosts
And they can't hurt him if he can't see them, oh
And I don't know
If in the morning I will be here, and if so
Let it be known
That I was worthy, I was worthy, I was worthy, I was
About
Speaking to NME about the inspiration for ‘Sleep Alone’, singer Alex Trimble revealed that he smoked cannabis to help him sleep when he returned from tour, which caused him to have strange dreams.
“I have a terrible time sleeping when I get off tour,” he said. “It’s horrible. So I was smoking a little bit every night before I went to bed and it was really influencing what happened when I was asleep.”
He added: “I ended up having these really crazy dreams. I started reading about dreams and got really interested in lucid dreaming when you have full control over your dreams – you realise you’re dreaming, but within your dream it also feels like the real world. There’s a little of that in the song, but I never achieved it.”
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