Rest

Nobody tells you the nights don’t end

When the world expects you to heal

They say, “Rest, you need your sleep”

But sleep is the only place they feel real

I lie down just to go looking

For faces I can’t touch awake

Dreams become my only doorway

To everything grief won’t let me take

Pre-Chorus

Morning steals them from me again

And I wake up holding air

Chorus

Nobody tells you

You’ll crave the sleep

Not for rest

But just to see

Your babies laughing

Calling you “mom”

In a world where nothing’s wrong

I don’t sleep to escape my pain

I sleep to love them again

Verse 2

People say dreams don’t mean much

But mine carry weight and sound

I hear their voices clear as day

Then lose them when I’m found

Waking up feels like another loss

Another goodbye I didn’t choose

So I close my eyes a little longer

Because dreaming feels closer than truth

Pre-Chorus

Grief teaches you strange survival

Ways to keep breathing through

Chorus

Nobody tells you

You’ll chase the night

Just to feel their presence right

That sleep becomes a fragile bridge

Between your heart and heaven’s edge

I don’t rest because I’m tired

I rest because I need their touch

Dreaming is the only place

I get to be their mom

Bridge

I know I have to live my days

I know I have to stay awake

But nights are where my soul remembers

What daylight had to take

If God gives mercy in small forms

Then maybe this is one

Letting me borrow them in dreams

Until reunion comes

Final Chorus

Nobody tells you

How sacred sleep can be

When it’s filled with tiny hands

Still reaching out to me

I wake up broken

But grateful too

Because for a little while

I was with you

Outro

So if I sleep a little longer

Please don’t say I’m running away

I’m just visiting my babies

In the only way I can today