Sleep Fast
by Siiga
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Pure emotion, beautiful music, a haunting sound from the Isle of Skye. I will be purchasing the album in its entirety when released. Thank you Siiga, from Canada!
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about
Sleep Fast is a song that started out meaning one thing but the most unexpected and devastating event of my life pulled both it and I down an avenue I never ever saw coming.
Living with life on a fairly even keel with clear focus ahead and little concern over the concept of time, I was hit with a brutal and devastating blow, which threw everything I have known and will forever now know into dust and rubble in just one single diagnosis.
The permanent insomnia of becoming the sole carer and night watch guardian over a terminally ill parent sends you into a world that exists trapped in exile and limbo, living endlessly within those flickering milliseconds between awake and sleep, where you can travel endlessly through all connecting points between your past and your future, questioning the meaning of time and it’s true relevance as the clock is set to countdown without your permission.
Time can stand still or almost evaporate within those moments.
The absolute soul shattering helplessness but raw rage of losing someone in front of your eyes as you hold them close is a moment you never fully return from, being the one left awake to move on and face the future while the departed are left behind sleeping fast.
Living with life on a fairly even keel with clear focus ahead and little concern over the concept of time, I was hit with a brutal and devastating blow, which threw everything I have known and will forever now know into dust and rubble in just one single diagnosis.
The permanent insomnia of becoming the sole carer and night watch guardian over a terminally ill parent sends you into a world that exists trapped in exile and limbo, living endlessly within those flickering milliseconds between awake and sleep, where you can travel endlessly through all connecting points between your past and your future, questioning the meaning of time and it’s true relevance as the clock is set to countdown without your permission.
Time can stand still or almost evaporate within those moments.
The absolute soul shattering helplessness but raw rage of losing someone in front of your eyes as you hold them close is a moment you never fully return from, being the one left awake to move on and face the future while the departed are left behind sleeping fast.
lyrics
Strange tides peel us apart
Your cast wishes on the flow
As we swim by moonlight
Your body cracked at the seams
Through dark shadows by the firelight
We move on slowly
You hold back my arms but you can't tame the fire they cast
You lay by my side my wide eyes while you sleep fast
As time stands still and clear oceans slip away
I'm burnt driftwood on the shore just trying to find my way home
You hold back my arms but you can't tame the fire they cast
You lay by my side my wide eyes while you sleep fast
You hold back my dreams but you can't take the light they cast
Naked by my side my wide eyes while you sleep fast
Your silence leave cold I'll move along
While the tears are raining down but we can't hold on
Your cast wishes on the flow
As we swim by moonlight
Your body cracked at the seams
Through dark shadows by the firelight
We move on slowly
You hold back my arms but you can't tame the fire they cast
You lay by my side my wide eyes while you sleep fast
As time stands still and clear oceans slip away
I'm burnt driftwood on the shore just trying to find my way home
You hold back my arms but you can't tame the fire they cast
You lay by my side my wide eyes while you sleep fast
You hold back my dreams but you can't take the light they cast
Naked by my side my wide eyes while you sleep fast
Your silence leave cold I'll move along
While the tears are raining down but we can't hold on
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released August 14, 2020
S L E E P F A S T
Written by Richard Macintyre
Produced and recorded by Richard Macintyre & Iain Hutchison
All instruments played by Richard Macintyre & Iain Hutchison
Except drums by Scott Mackay
S L E E P F A S T
Written by Richard Macintyre
Produced and recorded by Richard Macintyre & Iain Hutchison
All instruments played by Richard Macintyre & Iain Hutchison
Except drums by Scott Mackay
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Siiga Isle Of Skye, UK
Growing gently from the haunting landscapes and enchanting seas of the islands, Siiga emerged from the darkness of winter on the Isle of Skye, its roots bursting into life through captivating, atmospheric song-writing, delicate artwork and transcendental videos. The new full length album "Gemini Rising" is out October 23rd, 2020. ... more
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