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In the dark I slept there

Title

In the dark I slept there

Post date

07/10/2016 - 20:42

Tags

Artist-Favorite acapella lullaby

Liner Notes

I tried singing it to a metronome, but it wasn't as strong as with the more fluid tempo. It could still be a little more polished, but this should work until I've the time to put it to sheet music.

I started writing this song while in the car, and in the end I wound up using all of the major features I originally had in that version. The sound is much cleaner, and the last few verses are more polished, but... when I realized it was stronger with the humming, there was no denying there was a bit of inspiration in the original. (The original was a few verses longer and featured more crying. Unfortunately, the car noise was just too much as the feeling present was really strong.)

Lyrics

In the dark, I slept there. I slept where I had no care. In the dark, that's where I was. Warm and quiet and peaceful.

In the dark there was no despair. In the dark I grew my hair. In the dark I ate my food without needing to chew.

But all good things they must end even for you and me, my friend. Ejected from paradise in to the screaming light.

Darkness it must come to end returning only briefly. Darkness it was my first friend and she greets me sweetly.

Feasting only on the dark knowing naught what it might be Feasting only in the dark with my mother nourishing me.

I heard her voice though muffled then. She sang to me so sweetly. In the dark of my first home I miss it oh, so deeply.

I knew never hunger there and I did not wear underwear. Growing slowly deep within Knowing only deep peace.

Growing slowly over time Single cells dividing, mine. Knowing only sweetness then. Growing oh, so deeply.

Life was so much simpler then. Knowing naught what might be hence. Feeling oh so deep within. Growing oh, so sweetly.

Why do I perchance to cry. Thinking oh, so sweetly. I sit and think of lullabies Pining oh, so gently.

• [ humming ] -

Knowing love forever then Knowing only peace within. Growing oh, so long and then Knowing only sweet things.

I sit here now and wonder when, I might know such deep peace. Knowing only sweet within. I might go completely.