[Verse 1]
If I'd had known that from the minute I was born
That the price of my existence
Would be the weight of expectation
Then I wouldn't fucking be here
How can I focus on the life I'm "supposed to lead"
When every day I struggle with existing?
[Verse 2]
I've dug a hole so deep
In my mind that I can no longer see
The light of the sun
I can no longer hear
The voices of people I love
[Verse 3]
I've been breaking my hands
Trying to carry the burden that I've placed on myself
I'm so afraid of the end
I've led myself to believe
I may never be happy again
[Verse 4]
I think the hardest part of all
Is trying to justify self-deprecation
When I am constantly surrounded by sources
Of love and affection
I know that I'm not on my own
But I can't shake the feeling
That I'm in this alone
There's no one that I feel safe with
[Verse 5]
All I've wanted for so long
Is to succumb to a sleep
That I am not afraid of
[Bridge]
Give me the strength to love myself
As I am told that I am loved
May I believe, despite my doubt
That someday I'll be good enough
Give me the strength to love myself
As I am told that I am loved
May I believe, despite my doubt
That someday I'll be good enough
[Breakdown]
Hindsight is a miserable thing
When you don't know where you're going
And you don't care where you've been
Hindsight is a miserable thing
When you don't know where you're going
And you don't care where you've been
Sleep was written by Tom Weaver.
Sleep was produced by Toby Evans.
Vocalist Tom Weaver spoke about the meaning behind the song in the track-by-track of Love Is Not Enough for New Noise.
“Sleep,” being one of the most aggressive compositions on the record, is an abrasive statement regarding the weight of the burden that mental health issues placed on me when growin...