A bilingual plea for connection that drifts between Korean and English.
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A bilingual plea for connection that drifts between Korean and English.
There's a quiet vanity in admitting you need to be woken up.
The lyric treats that admission as both the problem and the only possible solution, which gives the plea its slight, stubborn weight.
Editor's note
Maddox's Sleep asks for a wake-up call
A bilingual plea for connection that drifts between Korean and English.
Sleeping dust without no breeze
There's a quiet vanity in admitting you need to be woken up. The lyric treats that admission as both the problem and the only possible solution, which gives the plea its slight, stubborn weight.
The phrase 'Sleeping dust without no breeze' does a lot of work. It's not just stillness, it's a specific kind of stuckness, where nothing moves you. The whole request to 'Blow the love into me' reads like someone who knows they need an outside force, because their own internal weather has gone completely calm.
It captures a particular kind of paralysis, not dramatic suffering, just a total absence of motion or air. The double negative 'without no' feels intentional, like grammatical rules have also stopped applying.
The way 'Maybe that's the key' hangs in the air after the chorus, like a thought he's not entirely convinced by but is willing to try.
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the pull of "Sleeping dust without no breeze"the pull of "Blow the love into me"the pull of "Maybe that's the key"
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Sleep
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Kkaeeonal su isseulkka
Jiteun eodum sogui na
Doemunneun jilmun soge
Huimihage boineun
Little light oh shine so bright
Heuryeojigon hae
Beonjigido hae
Sone japijido ana
Deo gipeojil deuthan
Honjain sigan
Nan kkaeeonal sun eopseulkka
I’m asleep
Sleeping dust without no breeze
I’m asleep
Blow the love into me
Maybe that’s the key
For me my baby
For me my baby
All I need is for you to
Wake me up that’s all
Now love is all I have
And love is all I need
Jamsippunin haengboge
Nuni meoreobeoryeotdeon naui greed
I never said that it wasn’t over
Maybe I wasn’t even any closer
To what ever takes me into that
Deep dark hole ain’t no one
Coming out of that yeah
Baramcheoreom bureoon ne sarangeul
Nae gyeote dugo bol su itge
Gyesok bureowajwo nal kkaewojwo
I’m asleep
Sleeping dust without no breeze
I’m asleep
Blow the love into me
Maybe that’s the key
For me my baby
For me my baby
All I need is for you to
Wake me up that’s all
Nae maeumsoge dachi anneun gotkkaji
Won’t you dive into me
Baby just for me
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What is "Sleep" by Maddox about?
A bilingual plea for connection that drifts between Korean and English. There's a quiet vanity in admitting you need to be woken up. The lyric treats that admission as both the problem and the only possible solution, which gives the plea its slight, stubborn weight.
Who performs "Sleep"?
Maddox performs "Sleep", and this lyric page sits inside the Maddox catalog on LyroVerse.
Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "Sleep"?
Yes. The page carries the LyroVerse editor's note "Maddox's Sleep asks for a wake-up call", followed by the full lyric and related songs.
Are there related songs to explore after "Sleep"?
Yes. The related section below points to Juice and Passport (feat. NiiHWA) with a short reason for opening each page next.
Where can I find more songs by Maddox?
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