POETS OF THE FALL - Sleep

Hear your heartbeat Beat a frantic pace And it's not even seven AM You're feeling the rush of anguish settling You cannot help showing them in Hurry up then Or you'll fall behind and They will take control of you And you need to heal the hurt behind your eyes Fickle words crowding your mind So Sleep, sugar, let your dreams flood in Like waves of sweet fire, you're safe within Sleep, sweetie, let your floods come rushing in And carry you over to a new morning Try as you might You try to give it up Seems to be holding on fast It's hand in your hand A shadow over you A beggar for soul in your face Still it don't mater if you won't listen If you won't let them follow you You just need to heal Make good all your lies Move on and don't look behind So Sleep, sugar, let your dreams flood in Like waves of sweet fire, you're safe within Sleep, sweetie, let your floods come rushing in And carry you over to a new morning Day after day Fickle visions messing with your head Fickle, vicious Sleeping in your bed Messing with your head Fickle visions Fickle, vicious: Sleep, sugar, let your dreams flood in Like waves of sweet fire, you're safe within Sleep, sweetie, let your floods come rushing in And carry you over to a new morning

NEW WORDS

frantic - божевільний

Synonyms: delirious, ferocious, feverish, fierce, frenetic, frenzied, mad, rabid, violent, wild

Sentence examples:

I have been speaking to his dad and he and his wife are just frantic with worry, they can't sleep or eat.

This time, however, he failed to return and his mother is frantic with worry about his safety.

pace - темп

Synonyms: file, pace, parade, stride

Sentence examples:

My confidence was returning despite his nonchalance and I sped my pace up to walk beside him.

You could start off doing eight three-minute runs at a very fast pace, with one minute's brisk walk in between each.

rush - порив, натиск

Synonyms: haste, hastiness, hustle, precipitation

Sentence examples:

They rushed outside to meet with their comrades who were also perplexed by their findings.

Instead she rushed past him, moving faster than he could see.

anguish - біль, мука

Synonyms: affliction, agony, anguish, excruciation, hurt,misery, pain, rack

Sentence examples:

I'm glad he no longer has to suffer not only the physical agony but also the mental anguish of rejecting this new world.

Rumor infiltrates the camp and Euryalus' mother cries out in anguish at the death of her son.

fickle - непостійний

Synonyms: capricious, changeable, changeful, flickery,fluctuating, fluid, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial,mutable, skittish, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable

Sentence examples:

Rock music is a harsh world, presided over by a fickle, unforgiving public.

Now the impression is of a fickle politician who has lots of ideas but no staying power to see them through.

heal - зцілювати

Synonyms: cure, fix, mend, rehab, rehabilitate, set up

Sentence examples:

But when I was bitten, while picking some herbs to heal a sick friend, they made me one of their Elders.

Although he does not prescribe medicines, he plays a significant and positive role in healing sick people.

beggar - бідняк, злидар

Synonyms: mendicant, panhandler

Sentence examples:

How many times have you been asked in the street for some money from a seemingly homeless person or a beggar?

‘One of your beggars asked me for money for a cup of coffee,’ he said.

flood - заливати

Synonyms: alluvion, bath, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, flood tide, inundation, Niagara, overflow, spate, torrent

Sentence examples:

The main cause of flooding in the city centre is the use of flood barriers beyond the city centre.

‘We don't know whether the bridge can cope with that amount of water during a flood and it could eventually collapse,’ he said.

I think this song is definitely talking about mentality. Someone’s state of mind or an internal unsettling, possibly an addiction of some sort. The meaning works with a drug addiction; “you cannot help showing them in”, “they will take control of you”, “try as you might, you try to give it up”.