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Sleeping Beauty Lyrics by Emily Portman

Hatchling

2012

I prick my finger just to see
Three drops of blood that tell me I’m not sleeping
Though I seem to be under a glass coffin
You’ll find me cold though I’m still breathing
Touch my skin – I have no feeling
Bridge:
Still, you smile and stay with me
Still, you smile and say to me
Chorus:
I’ll wait for you, Sleeping Beauty
You’ll awake and spring will come
We’ll cast off our heavy armour
Welcoming the new-born sun
Welcoming the new-born sun
A hundred of your warmest kisses
Cannot thaw a barren bed
I’ll cast them on a spinning wheel
And make them into golden thread
So they can warm my winter skin
When I have broken this weary spell
Bridge:
When I awake to find you waiting
Telling me that all is well
Chorus:
You’ve waited for your Sleeping Beauty –
I’ll awake and spring will come
We’ll cast off our heavy armour
Welcoming the new-born sun
Welcoming the new-born sun
Until that day, you’ll find me sleeping
Will you stay and wait for spring?
For behind my eyelids dawn is creeping
Winter’s jaws are slackening
And since you’ve spent a hundred years
Undaunted by this bramble briar
I will take you in my arms
And crown you with my heart’s desire
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Emily Portman

Emily Portman

About “Sleeping Beauty” by Emily Portman

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"Sleeping Beauty" is credited to Emily Portman. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Sleeping Beauty" appears on "Hatchling" in 2012.

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