The Deep and Dreamless Sleep

"The Deep and Dreamless Sleep"
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Album track by Weezer
Album	SZNZ: Winter
Released	December 21, 2022
Label	Crush Music/Atlantic Records
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo
Status	Released
Live debut	September 19, 2022 in West Hollywood, CA
SZNZ: Winter track listing
"Why Don't You Get Me" (7) (vinyl-only) "The Deep and Dreamless Sleep" (8)

"The Deep and Dreamless Sleep" is the seventh (or eighth, on vinyl releases) and final track from SZNZ: Winter.

Appearances

• SZNZ: Winter (2022)

Overview

That one was very challenging because initially, it was a very, very quiet, peaceful song about about growing old, the five senses fading, and just falling into this sleep that eventually is death and oblivion, but very peacefully. And so that’s what the original song is like. And if you come across the bootleg from our performance at The Troubadour a few months ago, you’ll hear something closer to that. But then — and this is what usually happens to me when I’m working on a Weezer record — as we play songs over and over, they start to pick up in energy. And we just have this instinct to have a really glorious, uplifting sound. So, we were trying to combine that with what was kind of the opposite, the soporific sleepy song that it originally was. And in addition to that, I realized this is the last song in this four part epic masterpiece, this tetralogy. And who knows, maybe someday we’ll play it live front to back from Spring to Winter. And I know when we get to the end of that epic show, 28 songs, we’re going to want to go out on an up note and have it be really energetic. So that was the challenge, combining those two contradictory impulses. So you’ll hear elements of acoustic fingerpicking, and this orchestra and this women’s choir, and the lyrics are quite beautiful and peaceful. But the song just keeps picking up and up. And it’s quite rousing by the end. - Rivers Cuomo, Consequence interview, December 2022

The song title "The Deep and Dreamless Sleep" was originally discovered by fans in the database for a Weezer set list survey hosted on Cuomo's website in June of 2022.

Weezer (under the Goat Punishment moniker) performed SZNZ: Winter in its entirety (including "The Deep and Dreamless Sleep") at a secret show in West Hollywood on September 19, 2022, months ahead of the EP's release. A demo of "The Deep and Dreamless Sleep" was leaked online in December of 2022.

On March 27, 2023, Karl Koch announced on the Weezer Fan Club Facebook page that Brian Bell would be uploading a music video for "The Deep and Dreamless Sleep" which included a special arrangement of the song onto his new YouTube channel once it reached 1000 subscribers. After achieving this goal the video was released on April 21, 2023. The music video, directed by D.W. Brown, features Bell performing a slower, country music version of the song.

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	The Deep and Dreamless Sleep	The Deep And Dreamless Sleep 2021-06-22 15.43.mp3	June 22, 2021		3:05	Leaked online
Weezer	The Deep and Dreamless Sleep		2022	Groove Masters, Santa Monica, CA The Village Recorder, West Los Angeles, CA Funkhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany	4:35	SZNZ: Winter
Brian Bell	The Deep and Dreamless Sleep		2022		5:58	Released on YouTube

Personnel

Weezer version

• Rivers Cuomo — lead vocals, guitar
• Brian Bell — rhythm guitar
• Scott Shriner — bass
• Patrick Wilson — drums

Brian Bell version

• Brian Bell — arrangement, lead vocals
• Leann Skoda — performer
• Jason Hiller — performer
• Josh Block — performer
• Max Bernstein — performer
• Nathan Crooker — producer
• Eric J. Dubowsky — additional sound design, mixing

Audio

Brian Bell Version

• YouTube

Lyrics

Album version Now the phone has stopped ringing 'round the clock They’ve forgotten me And I realize that it’s dumb to try So I let them be I can’t make out words on the page I get confused by all the rage La-di-da-di-da-di-da-di, I’m slippin' into The deep and dreamless sleep The deep and dreamless sleep The pill for all my pain The cure for all my grief The deep and dreamless sleep Now the sun goes down and the flurries fall On my lonely home I could watch a play, read some Hemingway But I probably won’t I can’t recall last Saturday It’s hard to hear what people say La-di-da-di-da-di-da-di, I’m slippin' into The deep and dreamless sleep The deep and dreamless sleep The pill for all my pain The cure for all my grief The deep and dreamless sleep I remember you well How you loved the holidays How you wrapped up the toys And you left them on display I remember our kiss Underneath the mistletoe How it all slipped away And we had to let you go The deep and dreamless sleep The deep and dreamless sleep The pill for all my pain The cure for all my grief The deep and dreamless sleep The deep and dreamless sleep Fall into the deep and dreamless sleep Deep and dreamless sleep Deep and dreamless sleep The deep and dreamless sleep

Demo version Now the phone has stopped ringing 'round the clock They’ve forgotten me And I realize that it’s dumb to try So I let them be I can’t make out words on the page I get confused by all the rage La-di-da-di-da-di-da-di, I’m slippin' into The deep and dreamless sleep The deep and dreamless sleep The night that killed the day And takes fast hold of me The deep and dreamless sleep Now the sun goes down and the flurries fall On my lonely home I could watch the tube, read some Dr. Seuss But I probably won’t I can’t recall last Saturday It’s hard to hear what people say La-di-da-di-da-di-da-di, I’m slippin' into The deep and dreamless sleep The deep and dreamless sleep The night that killed the day And takes fast hold of me Fall into the deep and dreamless sleep I remember you well How you loved the holidays How you wrapped up the gifts And you left them on display I remember the smell Of the breath that gave you life Like a sweet sugar plum On a frozen Christmas night The deep and dreamless sleep The deep and dreamless sleep The night that killed the day And takes fast hold of me The deep and dreamless sleep The deep and dreamless sleep Take me far away Where all things cease to be The deep and dreamless sleep Fall into the deep and dreamless sleep

Brian Bell version Now the phone has stopped ringing 'round the clock They’ve forgotten me And I realize that it’s dumb to try So I let them be I can’t make out words on the page I get confused by all the rage La-di-da-di-da-di-da-di, I’m slippin' into The deep and dreamless sleep The deep and dreamless sleep The night that kills the day Will take fast hold of me Fall into the deep and dreamless sleep Now the sun goes down and the flurries fall On my lonely home I could watch the snow, hit a rodeo But I probably won’t I can’t recall last Saturday It’s hard to hear what people say La-di-da-di-da-di-da-di, I’m slippin' into The deep and dreamless sleep The deep and dreamless sleep The pill for all my pain The cure for all my grief Fall into the deep and dreamless sleep I remember you well How you loved the holidays How you wrapped up the gifts And you left them on display I remember our kiss Underneath the mistletoe How it all slipped away And we had to let you go The deep and dreamless sleep The deep and dreamless sleep The night that kills the day Will take fast hold of me The deep and dreamless sleep The deep and dreamless sleep The pill for all my pain The cure for all my grief Fall into the deep and dreamless sleep The deep and dreamless sleep The deep and dreamless sleep The deep and dreamless sleep The deep and dreamless sleep

See also

• SZNZ: Winter
• List of Rivers Cuomo songs
• List of Weezer songs