Sleeper
Katatonia * Track #2 On Viva Emptiness
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Album Viva Emptiness
- #1Ghost of the Sun
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- #2Sleeper
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- #3Criminals
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- #4A Premonition
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- #5Will I Arrive
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- #6Burn the Remembrance
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- #7Wealth
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- #8One Year from Now
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- #9Walking by a Wire
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- #10Complicity
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- #11Evidence
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- #12Omerta
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- #13Inside the City of Glass
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- #14Wait Outside
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Sleeper by Katatonia
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KatatoniaProduced by
Anders Nyström & Jonas RenkseWrited by
Anders Nyström & Jonas RenkseAbout
This album is about a person with a troubled upbringing ending up in a gang/cult. This song seems to be about a child who is supposed to be in bed but wakes up to see his heroine addicted parents using. It could be one specific memory or an amalgamation.
Sleeper Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Oh my, your fever's high
I lay my hands upon you
Oh my, haven't you heard?
The truth is untrue
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I'm breathing
I could not breathe until you did
I'm one second after you
Now I'm breathing
I could not breathe until you did
Just a second after you
[Chorus]
Someone inside your room
Who is it there behind you?
What does he want from you?
Someone inside your room
Who is it there behind you?
What does he want from you?
[Verse 2]
Sleeper, what did you see?
I close the window to the street
Parents died and left their child
Unattented for a while
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I'm breathing
I could not breathe until you did
I'm one second after you
Now I'm breathing
I could not breathe until you did
Just a second after you
[Chorus]
Someone inside your room
Who is it there behind you?
What does he want from you?
Someone inside your room
Who is it there behind you?
What does he want from you?
[Post-Chorus]
From you, from you
From you, from you
From you, from you
From you, from you
[Outro]
Sleeper's song, will you listen to me sing?
The bird is here, I can see the edge of his wing
If you die now, how can I then live on?
Don't give up, you must live on
Sleeper's song, will you listen to me sing?
The bird is here, I can see the edge of his wing
If you die now...
Sleeper Q&A
Who wrote Sleeper's ?
Sleeper was written by Anders Nyström & Jonas Renkse.
Who produced Sleeper's ?
Sleeper was produced by Anders Nyström & Jonas Renkse.
What did Katatonia say about "Sleeper"?
In an Inferno magazine (a finnish information medium for concerts, bands, and all kinds of news) interview with Jonas Renkse, there is a part where he describes each Viva Emptiness song.
Translated from Finnish to English, this is what he said about “Sleeper”:
When I heard this song for the first...