Last month Eric Whitacre released another virtual choir video—1,752 voices from 58 countries—performing his composition “Sleep.” Like the virtual choir that did “Lux Aurumque,” this touched me deeply. I expect even more amazing things to come from Eric in the future.
Here are the lyrics, written by Charles Anthony Silvestri:
The evening hangs beneath the moon
A silver thread on darkened dune
With closing eyes and resting head
I know that sleep is coming soon
Upon my pillow, safe in bed
A thousand pictures fill my head
I cannot sleep my mind’s a flight
And yet my limbs seem made of lead
If there are noises in the night
A frighting shadow, flickering light
Then I surrender unto sleep
Where clouds of dreams give second sight
What dreams may come both dark and deep
Of flying wings and soaring leap
As I surrender unto sleep
As I surrender unto sleep
I hope this choir moves you like it did me. I listen to it over and over again. It is like a glimpse of heaven and I can’t get enough of it.
