Only When I Sleep - The Corrs: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Only When I Sleep

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Only When I Sleep was released on October 17, 1997 by Atlantic Records as a part of the album Talk On Corners

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Corrs

Violin

Andrea Corr

Tin Whistle

Caroline Corr

Vocals

Jim Corr

Keyboards

John Shanks

Guitar

Oliver Leiber

Guitar

Paul Petersen

Bass Guitar

Sharon Corr

Violin

Matt Laug

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Andrea Corr

Songwriter

Caroline Corr

Songwriter

Jim Corr

Songwriter

John Shanks

Songwriter

Oliver Leiber

Songwriter

Paul Petersen

Songwriter

Sharon Corr

Songwriter

St. Paul

Songwriter

F. Trench

Orchestrator

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Oliver Leiber

Producer

Ryan Freeland

Mixing Engineer

Bob Ludwig

Mastering Engineer

Bob Clearmountain

Bob Clearmountain

Mixing Engineer

Barry Rudolph

Recording Engineer

Rob Chiarelli

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

You're only just a dreamboat sailing in my head

You swim my secret oceans of coral, blue and red

Your smell is incense burning, your touch is silken yet

It reaches through my skin and moving from within

It clutches at my breast

[Verse 2]

But it's only when I sleep

See you in my dreams

You got me spinnin' round and round

Turning upside down

(But I only hear you breathe) I hear you breathe

Somewhere in my sleep

Got me spinnin' round and round

Turning upside down

But it's only when I sleep

[Verse 3]

And when I wake from slumber your shadows disappear

Your breath is just a sea mist surrounding my body

I'm workin' through the daytime but when it's time to rest

I'm lying in my bed listening to my breath, falling from the edge

[Verse 4]

But it's only when I sleep

See you in my dreams (Dreams)

You got me spinnin' round and round

Turning upside down

(But I only hear you breathe) I hear you breathe

Somewhere in my sleep (In my sleep)

Got me spinnin' round and round

Turning upside down

But it's only when I sleep

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

It's only when I sleep

[Verse 5]

Up to the sky where angels fly

I'll never die, in bed I lie

[Verse 6]

It's reaching through my skin, moving from within

And clutches at my breast

[Verse 7]

But it's only when I sleep

I see you in my dreams (Dreams)

You got me spinnin' round and round

Turning upside down

(But I only hear you breathe) I hear you breathe

In bed I lie, no need to cry

My sleeping cry

But it's only when I sleep

Got me spinnin' round and round

Turning upside down

Yeah, yeah

Up to the sky where angels fly

Round and round

Turning upside down

It's only when I sleep

Got me spinnin' round and round

Turning upside down

Written by: Andrea Corr, Caroline Corr, Jim Corr, John Shanks, Oliver Leiber, Paul Peterson, Sharon Corr, St. Paul

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