endless sleep
Flash Cadillac Lyrics
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Looked for my baby, she's nowhere around.
Traced her footsteps down to the shore,
'Fraid she's gone forever more.
I looked at the sea and it seemed to say,
"I took your baby from you away."
I heard a voice cryin' in the deep,
"Come join me baby in my Endless Sleep."
Why did we quarrel, why did we fight?
Why did I leave her alone tonight?
That's why her footsteps ran into the sea
That's why my baby has gone from me.
I looked at the sea and it seemed to say,
"I took your baby from you away."
I heard a voice cryin' in the deep,
"Come join me baby in my Endless Sleep."
Ran in the water, heart full of fear,
There in the breakers I saw her near;
Reached for my darlin', held her to me,
Stole her away from the angry sea.
I looked at the sea and it seemed to say,
"You took your baby from me away."
My heart cried out, "She's mine to keep."
I saved my baby from an Endless Sleep.
The song "Endless Sleep" by Flash Cadillac is a heart-wrenching story about a man who lost his girlfriend to the sea, and his desperate attempt to save her from an "endless sleep". The opening lines describe the scene, with the night being black and rain falling down. The singer, who is looking for his girlfriend, finds her footsteps leading him to the shore. His fear is palpable when he realizes that she might be gone forever.
The singer looks at the sea, and it seems to mock him, telling him that it has taken his girlfriend from him. He hears a voice from the deep crying out to him, asking him to join his beloved in an endless sleep. The lyrics are a powerful and poetic description of the feeling of loss and despair that comes with losing someone you love.
But the singer is not ready to give up on his girlfriend just yet. He remembers the quarrels and the fights that led to her running away, and he knows that she must have run into the sea. His heart full of fear, he runs into the water and finds her in the breakers. He holds her close to him, stealing her away from the angry sea. He knows that she is his to keep, and he has saved her from an endless sleep.
Overall, "Endless Sleep" is a melancholic yet beautiful ballad that tells a haunting story of love, loss, and redemption.
Line by Line Meaning
The night was black, rain fallin' down;
It was a dark, stormy night.
Looked for my baby, she's nowhere around.
I searched for my lover but I couldn't find her.
Traced her footsteps down to the shore,
I followed her footprints all the way to the beach.
'Fraid she's gone forever more.
I worried that I had lost her forever.
I looked at the sea and it seemed to say,
I gazed out at the ocean and felt like it was speaking to me.
"I took your baby from you away."
The sea felt like it had stolen my lover.
I heard a voice cryin' in the deep,
I heard a mysterious voice coming from the ocean depths.
"Come join me baby in my Endless Sleep."
The voice beckoned my lover to join it in eternal slumber.
Why did we quarrel, why did we fight?
I wondered what had caused our arguments and disagreements.
Why did I leave her alone tonight?
I regretted leaving my lover by herself.
That's why her footsteps ran into the sea
That's why she ran towards the ocean.
That's why my baby has gone from me.
That's why I lost my lover.
Ran in the water, heart full of fear,
I ran into the water, scared and anxious.
There in the breakers I saw her near;
I spotted my lover in the waves.
Reached for my darlin', held her to me,
I grabbed my lover and pulled her close.
Stole her away from the angry sea.
I rescued her from the dangerous ocean.
You took your baby from me away.
The sea had taken my lover from me.
My heart cried out, "She's mine to keep."
I declared that my lover belonged to me and that I wasn't going to let her go.
I saved my baby from an Endless Sleep.
I rescued my lover from the ocean and the eternal sleep it promised.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: DOLORES NANCE, JODY REYNOLDS
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