Sleep Now

Sleep Now (安睡吧) - Peter Hammill

Sleep now

Another day in your young lives is done

Go to sleep now

Tomorrow brave new worlds will surely come

And trouble deep

You're such a wonder such a mystery to me

Somewhere

Your future friends are lying as you are

And your lovers

Right now are only crying babes in arms

Oh the world turns under our feet

Our lives are passing by

In our sleep

So soon you'll be gone to that wide world

The tunes of adulthood calling little girls

Remember

Whatever else in life you find to doubt

Do remember

Although you hear him mostly in a shout

Your father loves you

As though he never knew the meaning of the words

Until just now

So soon you'll be gone to that wide world

One tune of childhood I sing my little girls

Sleep now

One day I'll tell you how my life has been

Oh so strange

To think your eyes will fall on things

That mine have never seen

These eyes that gently flicker

In some lost childhood dream

Sleep now

Safe and warm in the haven of your bed

Go to sleep now

Although you won't remember what I've said

Your father loves you

As though he never knew the meaning of the words

Until just now

As though he never knew the meaning of the words

Until just now

As though he never knew the meaning of the words