Liva — Sleep lyrics

Lyrics

Sleep brings no joy to me Remembrance never dies
My soul is given to misery
And lives in sighs
Sleep brings no rest to me The shadows of the dead
My waking eyes may never see
Surround my bed
Sleep brings no hope to me In soundest sleep they come
And with their doleful imagery
Deepen the gloom
Sleep brings no strength to me No power renewed to brave
I only sail a wilder sea
A darker wave
Sleep brings no friend to me To soothe and aid to bear
They all gaze, oh, how scornfully
And I despair
Sleep brings no wish to knit
My harassed heart beneath
My only wish is to forget
In the sleep of death.