“Before I Sleep” is the opening track from Joy Williams’s album VENUS. It was also the first song she wrote for the record following the disbanding of The Civil Wars, as she told to Medium:
This is the first song I wrote for the record. I co-wrote it with Paul Moak and Tom Douglas, in Paul’s awesom...
[Verse 1]
Oh, ghosts keep whispering
Oh, the feather of a raven's wing turned white by the birch tree
Ooh, this chill, when it gonna leave my bones?
Take the ache so I can go
And be washed in the wilderness
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, carry my body 'cross the frozen ground
While the moon burns bright and the fire fades out
[Chorus]
I got miles and miles to go before I sleep
Before I can feel anything, before I'm free
I got miles and miles to go before I sleep
[Verse 2]
Wind blows, covers every single track
If I wanted to, I couldn't go back
Oh, I just keep stumbling
Oh, and it's a stinging kiss facing unforgiving winds
Feel the cold, it's creeping in, oh
And I just keep stumbling on
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, carry my body 'cross the frozen ground
While the moon burns
[Chorus]
I got miles and miles to go before I sleep
Before I can feel anything, before I'm free
I got miles and miles and miles
[Bridge]
Til the dark gives way to dawn
Til the winter, can't hold on
I'll crawl til I can walk, til I run
[Chorus]
I've got miles and miles to go before I sleep
And I've got miles and miles to go before I weep
Before I can dream or feel anything
I got miles and miles to go before I sleep
Oh, before I can feel anything, before I'm free
I got miles and miles to go before I sleep
Before I sleep
Before I Sleep was written by Tom Douglas & Joy Williams & Paul Moak.
Joy Williams released Before I Sleep on Fri Jun 26 2015.