Story Behind The Song
One of those afternoon naps you couldn't shake. You were better off having not taken the nap.
Song Description
The strangeness one feels after waking from a really hot dream. Damn.
| Song Length |
4:08 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Folk - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Peaceful, Composed |
Subject |
Loneliness, Sexual Fantasy |
| Similar Artists |
Sarah Mclachlan, Tori Amos |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
The Lullaby Thief
© 1993 Sally Fingerett
In the darkness, while you're sleeping
There's a thief standing near.
In that moment, of the peaceful
When you're not even there
He will catch you with a whisper
Lonely ladies they know
He is watching, he is waiting
He won't let you go.
He will haunt you till the morning
Through the morning too.
You don't know him
But you've touched him
Somehow he's touched you.
You drink your coffee, you let him fade
Or maybe take him through your day
Was he someone that you knew, oh, no.
He was no one to you.
Just a feeling, a spirit moving, he was moving through.
In the evening you lay hoping
You won't dream alone
Come back stranger, oh, strange intruder
Your faceless partner he's gone
You drank your coffee, you let him fade
Oh in your waking he slipped away
Was he someone that you knew, oh no.
He was no one to you
Just a feeling, a spirit moving, he was moving through....you.