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MerahPutih.com - Penyanyi dan penulis lagu Daniel Seavey resmi merilis single berjudul Sleeping With The Lights On, yang menjadi bagian dari album terbarunya, Second Wind.
Lagu ini langsung mencuri perhatian publik karena mampu merangkum rasa patah hati dan kerinduan melalui balutan musik pop dengan nuansa emosional yang kuat.
Sleeping With The Lights On menghadirkan atmosfer sendu dan rapuh, baik dari sisi aransemen musik maupun lirik. Daniel Seavey sukses mengekspresikan perasaan kehilangan dengan pendekatan yang sederhana, namun terasa sangat personal dan dekat dengan pengalaman banyak pendengarnya.
Dalam lagu ini, Seavey menggunakan simbol gelap dan terang sebagai perumpamaan emosional. Kegelapan digambarkan sebagai duka serta kenangan yang sulit terhapus, sementara cahaya merepresentasikan usaha untuk bertahan, bangkit, dan tidak sepenuhnya tenggelam dalam kesedihan.
Melalui lirik-liriknya, Daniel Seavey seolah mengajak pendengar menyelami fase paling rapuh setelah perpisahan—saat seseorang masih terjaga di malam hari, berusaha mencari rasa aman di tengah kehilangan.
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Lirik Sleeping With The Lights On - Daniel Seavey
Like poetry, you said some things
Aren't I supposed to be, but me
I have to just agree to disagree
Empty dresser drawer
You wore my sweater out the door
And poured my heart onto the floor
And all what for?
And in my head, oh, you're still calling me up
And I'm still calling your bluff
You say it's not really done
I'm still the one that you want
But it's a dream that I lost
And I just can't turn it off
Turn it off, turn it off, turn it off
On the darkest nights, I can hear you calling
From inside my mind, playing like a song
And it goes on and on, ever since you up and gone
I've been sleeping with the lights on
Flip the switch, everything gets heavy
And my mind's a bitch, playing all the memories
It goes on and on, ever since you up and gone
I've been sleeping with the lights on
Memories, they fill the wall
Like paint and nails and frames that fall
And break the smile beneath the window pane
Those sheets still smell like you
And your pistachio perfume
So I don't go back in that room
'Cause what's the use?
And in my head, oh, you're still calling me up
And I'm still calling your bluff
You say it's not really done
I'm still the one that you want
But it's a dream that I lost
And I just can't turn it off
Turn it off, turn it off, turn it off
On the darkest nights, I can hear you calling
From inside my mind, playing like a song
And it goes on and on, ever since you up and gone
I've been sleeping with the lights on
Flip the switch, everything gets heavy
And my mind's a bitch, playing all the memories
It goes on and on, ever since you up and gone
I've been sleeping with the lights on
Lights on
Sleeping with the lights on
Oh
On the darkest nights, I can hear you calling
From inside my mind, playing like a song
And it goes on and on, ever since you up and gone
I've been sleeping with the lights on
Flip the switch, everything gets heavy (Oh)
And my mind's a bitch, playing all the memories
It goes on and on, ever since you up and gone
I've been sleeping with the lights on
(far)
