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

Emotional  with Slow Progressions and Reflective Mood female vocals choir  echos  hurting guitar soft country Christian