Sleep While I Am – English Lyrics

• By: Death SS
• Album: The Curse of the Sabbath

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the dark world of Italian heavy metal with Death SS's catalog. Exploring this band's music, a foundational influence on the black metal genre, offers an immersion into a unique vocabulary centered on horror, occultism, and the macabre. The band's works, including this song, can introduce you to specialized English terminology related to gothic literature, esoteric philosophy (like Aleister Crowley's), and classic horror imagery, making it a thrilling way to expand your metal-and-horror-centric English lexicon.

[English]

Say your prayers little one

Don't forget, my son

To include everyone

Tuck you in, warm within

Keep you free from sin

'Til the Sandman he comes

Sleep with one eye open

Gripping your pillow tight

Exit light

Enter night

Take my hand, We're off to never-never land

Something's wrong, shut the light

Heavy thoughts tonight

And they aren't of Snow White

Dreams of war, dreams of liars

Dreams of dragon's fire

And of things that will bite

Sleep with one eye open

Gripping your pillow tight

Exit light

Enter night

Take my hand, We're off to never-never land

Say your prayers little one

Don't forget, my son

To include everyone

Tuck you in, warm within

Keep you free from sin

Till the Sandman he comes

Say your prayers little one

Don't forget, my son

To include everyone

Tuck you in, warm within

Keep you free from sin

Till the Sandman he comes

Now I lay me down to sleep

Pray the Lord my soul to keep

If I die before I wake

Pray the Lord my soul to take

Hush little baby, don't say a word

And never mind that noise you heard

It's just the beast under your bed

In your closet, in your head

Exit light

Enter night

Take my hand, We're off to never-never land

Exit light

Enter night

Take my hand, We're off to never-never land

Watch you never, never end

Watch you never, never end

Watch you never, never end

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
prayer /ˈpreər/ A2	noun - a message or request to a deity
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of images, ideas, or emotions occurring during sleep verb - to experience dreams during sleep
nightmare /ˈnaɪtˌmer/ B2	noun - a frightening or unpleasant dream
sleep /sliːp/ A1	verb - to rest with eyes closed
blood /blʌd/ A2	noun - the red liquid circulating in the arteries and veins
fire /faɪər/ A2	noun - combustion producing heat and flames
monster /ˈmɒn.stər/ B2	noun - a mythical or imaginary creature
hell /hɛl/ B2	noun - the place of eternal punishment in some religions
peace /piːs/ B1	noun - a state of tranquility or quiet
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - electromagnetic radiation visible to the human eye adjective - not heavy or dark
siren /ˈsaɪ.rən/ B2	noun - a device producing a loud warning sound

Key Grammar Structures

• Say your prayers little one

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The verb 'say' is in the imperative mood, used to give a command or instruction.

• Sleep with one eye open

  ➔ Phrasal Verb

  ➔ 'Sleep with one eye open' is a phrasal verb that means to remain vigilant or cautious while resting.

• Exit light, Enter night

  ➔ Imperative Mood (without verb)

  ➔ The phrases 'Exit light' and 'Enter night' are imperative commands without explicit verbs, implying actions.

• Take my hand, We're off to never-never land

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ 'We're off' uses the present continuous tense to indicate an action happening now or in the near future.

• If I die before I wake

  ➔ Conditional Clause (Type 1)

  ➔ The clause 'If I die before I wake' is a Type 1 conditional, expressing a possible situation and its result.

• It's just the beast under your bed

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ 'It's just the beast' uses the present simple tense to state a fact or habitual action.

• Watch you never, never end

  ➔ Emphasis with Adverbs

  ➔ The repetition of 'never' emphasizes the idea of eternity or endlessness.