Endless Sleep
Hondells 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 Hondells' song Endless Sleep is a haunting ballad that reflects on the regret and sorrow a man feels after losing his lover to the sea. The song tells the story of a man who has lost his girlfriend and, as he listens to the sea, feels that it is calling out to him. He remembers how he and his girlfriend fought and how he left her alone, and he feels that it is his fault that she is gone. As he stands at the shore, he hears a voice crying from the deep, asking him to join his beloved in the endless sleep of the sea. However, just as he is about to join her, he hears her cries for help. He plunges into the water, fights the waves, and eventually finds her. He saves her from drowning and takes her back into his arms.
The lyrics of Endless Sleep are written in a way that adds to the mood of the song. The first line of the song sets the mood for the story with the words "The night was black, rain fallin' down." This creates an eerie and melancholic environment, where the singer searches for his missing girlfriend. The line "I looked at the sea and it seemed to say, 'I took your baby from you away,'" is particularly evocative, as it personifies the sea, and portrays it as a sentient entity. This adds an otherworldly, supernatural feeling to the song. The singer's emotions are also portrayed strongly: regret, guilt, fear, and love. The end of the song, where he saves his girlfriend, gives a sense of hope and a happy ending that contrasts starkly with the rest of the song.
Line by Line Meaning
The night was black, rain fallin' down;
It was a dark, rainy night.
Looked for my baby, she's nowhere around.
I searched for my girlfriend but she was gone.
Traced her footsteps down to the shore,
I followed her footprints to the beach.
'Fraid she's gone forever more.
I was afraid she had left me forever.
I looked at the sea and it seemed to say,
As I stared at the ocean, it felt like it was telling me something.
"I took your baby from you away."
It felt like the sea had taken my girlfriend away from me.
I heard a voice cryin' in the deep,
I heard a voice calling out from the depths of the sea.
"Come join me baby in my Endless Sleep."
The voice was beckoning my girlfriend to join it in eternal slumber.
Why did we quarrel, why did we fight?
I was questioning why we had argued and fought.
Why did I leave her alone tonight?
I was wondering why I had left her by herself that night.
That's why her footsteps ran into the sea
That's why she had run towards the ocean.
That's why my baby has gone from me.
That's why my girlfriend had disappeared from my life.
Ran in the water, heart full of fear,
I ran into the water with a fearful heart.
There in the breakers I saw her near;
In the waves I spotted my girlfriend nearby.
Reached for my darlin', held her to me,
I took hold of her and held her close.
Stole her away from the angry sea.
I saved her from the wrath of the ocean.
I looked at the sea and it seemed to say,
As I looked at the ocean again, it felt like it was saying something else.
"You took your baby from me away."
It felt like the sea was accusing me of taking my girlfriend away from it.
My heart cried out, "She's mine to keep."
My heart declared that she was mine and I wasn't going to let her go.
I saved my baby from an Endless Sleep.
I rescued my girlfriend from eternal slumber.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: DOLORES NANCE, JODY REYNOLDS
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