In the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep From the mountains of faith
To the river so deep I must be lookin' for something Something sacred i lost
But the river is wide And it's too hard to cross even though I know the river is wide
I walk down every evening and stand on the shore I try to cross to the opposite side
So I can finally find what I've been looking for
In the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep Through the valley of fear
To a river so deep I've been searching for something Taken out of my soul
Something I'd never lose Something somebody stole I don't know why I go
walking at night But now I'm tired and I don't want to walk anymore
I hope it doesn't take the rest of my life Until I find what it is I've been looking for In the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep Through the jungle of doubt To the river so deep I know I'm searching for something Something so undefined
That it can only be seen By the eyes of the blind In the middle of the night
I’m not sure about a life after this God knows I've never been a spiritual man
Baptized by the fire, I wade into the river That is runnin' through the promised land
In the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep Through the desert of truth
To the river so deep We all end in the ocean We all start in the streams
We're all carried along By the river of dreams In the middle of the night (sing365)
This is a very spiritual song where Joel, who identifies himself as an atheist, includes some biblical imagery, including the line, "Through the valley of fear," which is a reference to Psalm 23:4 - "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil." Joel also says that the river is a religious image, as "there's baptizing in a river and you have to cross the river - people are getting dunked in the river and there's rivers of blood."
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