Name: Time for Sleep
Duration: P00H04M21S
Description: It was the time of the centenery of WW1 and there had been some brilliant recorded interviews of veterans on the radio. This song is about the dreams of a soldier on the front line who wishes for sleep.

Time for Sleep

from Promise of Light by Paul Mallyon

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It was the time of the centenery of WW1 and there had been some brilliant recorded interviews of veterans on the radio. This song is about the dreams of a soldier on the front line who wishes for sleep.

lyrics

Time for Sleep
So goodnight, sleep tight
May your dreams be far away
This earth may churn around
But you're safe here, you're safe now
And in your dreams you while away

The glory days that went away with war
In so many ways you're not the way you were

A single butterfly
Steered by some lullaby (in blissful sleep)
And drifting freely into view (it has something to show you)
An old man shuts his eyes
His game's won, his time is done (all run out)
Hold my hand, we'll get you there (and take you far away from here)

The glory days that went away with war
In so many ways you're not the way you were
The glory days are just the days before

All that remains, are faces in the mire
Though hope is saved, it's climbing ever higher
We can meet it there
And you can throw water on this fire
And silence can be won
Until your time is done

The glory days that went away with war
In so many ways you're not the way you were
Your glory days are just the days before
In every way you're just the way you were

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from Promise of Light, released July 4, 2020
Paul: All instruments, vocals and production.
Mastered by Tim Turan at Turan Audio, Oxford

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