Sleep

from Struggle On by Billy Zach

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"Sometimes I don't wanna be awake" - The new song "Sleep" by Billy Zach sets the daydream to music.

With the second single release of the upcoming album "Struggle On" (2021), the quartet wants to put you into trance - and focuses on dark monotony.

While the first single "A City In The Warm Rain" focused on progression and swelling rage, "Sleep" actually comes across as rather sleepy after a rumbling intro. Chorus and reverb effects achieve a hypnotic effect. Only occasionally is the song torn from its dreamy state by rhythmic accents and sound effects. While the drums are driving evenly, the bass in the background turns its repetitive tracks, but still remains present. One looks in vain for enlightening variations and beautiful melodies in "Sleep". Also the vocals remain mostly indifferent and resigned, knowing that sometimes it is more pleasant to sleep than to be awake. Billy Zach doesn't seem to care that this can't be a solution: "I don't wanna be awake" - the frustrating, stubborn and unintelligent swan song to the inevitable.

lyrics

I sleep, in world without your lies
I dream, of a world without your cries
In my cave, mere shadows on the wall
So beautifully banal, so terribly banal

Sometimes, I don’t wanna be awake
I don’t wanna be in ache
Sometimes, I don’t wanna be awake
I don’t know but to escape

I sleep, but the lies will never change
I dream, but everything feels strange
I run, into my little cave
I run, I’m not brave

Sometimes, I don’t wanna be awake
I don’t wanna be in ache
Sometimes, I don’t wanna be awake
I don’t know but to escape
I don’t wanna be awake

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from Struggle On, released January 22, 2021

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