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Sleep

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.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 17
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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"
Lyrics

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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