Sleepers
Ascension Theory Lyrics


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Sleep now my true love
You would not be woken now
We're so far away from home
I will never leave you
On the edge of the night

We live our lives
Day by day
In the hope that we survive
Until the time
One flies away
So high, I will not cry

Once you stood faithfully
You never asked for more
All the dreams we shared




And the plans we made
Will never be lost again

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Sleepers" by Ascension Theory communicate a poignant message about the inevitability of death and how it puts an end to all dreams and plans. The song is a lullaby of sorts, meant to reassure a lover who is nearing the end of their life. The first few lines of the song convey a sense of finality and resignation, with the singer urging their "true love" to sleep and assuring them that they will not be disturbed. The line "We're so far away from home" hints at the idea that death is a journey to another realm, one that is separate from our mortal existence.


The second stanza of the song deals with the way we live our lives, day by day, hoping to survive. This suggests that we are not always fully conscious of the inevitability of our own mortality, and we often take for granted the time we have. Nevertheless, the lyrics express a sense of hope, a belief that death is not the end but merely a "time when one flies away" to a different realm. The final lines of the song allude to the fact that all the dreams and plans we make in life are ephemeral - they are "never be lost again" only in our memories, but cannot be carried with us into the afterlife.


Line by Line Meaning

Sleep now my true love
Rest now, my beloved.


You would not be woken now
You won't be disturbed from your slumber.


We're so far away from home
Our location is distant from our dwelling.


I will never leave you
I will never abandon you.


On the edge of the night
At the brink of darkness.


We live our lives
We exist in this world.


Day by day
Every single day.


In the hope that we survive
With the anticipation of enduring.


Until the time
Until a moment arrives.


One flies away
One departs into the sky.


So high, I will not cry
So high above, I will not shed tears.


Once you stood faithfully
Once, you stood firmly.


You never asked for more
You never requested additional things.


All the dreams we shared
All of our aspirations that we discussed together.


And the plans we made
And the designs we created.


Will never be lost again
They will never disappear from our grasp again.




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