Story Behind The Song

I was holding my granddaughter while she slept for the first time in my arms. Outside the picture window, I watched a day unfold with a hundred possibilities of things to be done. But only one mattered... holding that sleeping baby while the rest of the world went by.

Song Description

Time seems to stand still when holding a sleeping baby, but the rest of the world continues to happen just inside our view.

Lyrics

While You Were Sleeping

(Verse) While you were sleeping flowers bloomed
and the sun on the leaves made them shine and shimmer
While you were sleeping breezes blew
and the sun on the waves made the ocean glimmer
While you were sleeping, the world went on and did what the world will do
But I just sat here holding you in my arms
and went about loving you.

(Chorus) Went about loving you, more than sun, more than sky
Went about loving you as you slept
and the rest of the world went by

(Verse) While you were sleeping crickets hummed
and the sound of their wings made a gentle choir
While you were sleeping robins flew
and the trail of their wings cut the sky like wire
While you were sleeping, the world went on and did what the world will do
But I just sat here holding you in my arms
and went about loving you.

(Chorus) Went about loving you, more than sun, more than sky
Went about loving you as you slept
and the rest of the world went by

(Bridge) All of creation was rushing along, carrying every moment of time
But you and I paused in the sound of your breath, while everything else
was passing us by, and I

(Chorus) Went about loving you, more than sun, more than sky
Went about loving you as you slept
and the rest of the world went hurrying, scurrying busily by...
while you were sleeping...



© 2006 Char Seawell