Sweet Dreams" is the twelfth song from Beyoncé's third studio album, I Am...Sasha Fierce. It was released as the sixth single from the album in 2009, replacing "Broken-Hearted Girl" (the planned sixth single). It proved to be one of the more successful singles from the album, along with "Halo" and "If I Were A Boy".
Background[]
Rico Love presented the song to Beyoncé while attending the opening tour of her husband, Jay-Z, she did not expect to be presented this demo and asked to record it immediately. But when she was presented with the a little piece of it, immediately, Knowles wanted to record a little bit of it and thus began writing the song with the producers of the original part of the song. Love worked on the arrangements for the vocals, in-which Knowles loved and decided to keep it in. The song would be later pressed onto the original and the deluxe version of I Am… Sasha Fierce. Both versions of the album are track 5 on the second disc which is titled the same as the album.
The song was originally called Beautiful Nightmare. It leaked onto the internet in March 2008, eight months prior to the album's release. The leaked version of the song was an incomplete demo, the beginning adlib of "Turn the lights on" is not present in the demo, the verses are shorter, less vocals and less piano.
Knowles' became the second person (tied with Ludacris & T-Pain) with the most top ten singles, Beyoncé had 13 top tens on the chart during the 2000s, with the first being her husband, Jay-Z.
Lyrics[]
Turn the lights on
[Verse 1]
Every night, I rush to my bed
With hopes that maybe I'll get a chance
To see you when I close my eyes
I'm goin' out of my head
Lost in a fairy tale
Can you hold my hands and be my guide?
[Pre-Chorus]
Clouds filled with stars cover your skies
And I hope it rains
You're the perfect lullaby
What kind of dream is this?
[Chorus]
You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Either way, I don't wanna wake up from you (Turn the lights on)
Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Somebody pinch me, your love's too good to be true (Turn the lights on)
My guilty pleasure, I ain't goin' nowhere
Baby, long as you're here, I'll be floatin' on air, 'cause you're mine
You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Either way, I don't wanna wake up from you (Turn the lights on)
[Verse 2]
I mention you when I say my prayers
I wrap you around all of my thoughts
Boy, you my temporary high
I wish that when I wake up, you're there
To wrap your arms around me for real
And tell me you'll stay by my side
[Pre-Chorus]
Clouds filled with stars cover the skies (Cover the skies)
And I hope it rains
You're the perfect lullaby
What kind of dream is this?
[Chorus]
You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Either way, I don't wanna wake up from you (Turn the lights on)
Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Somebody pinch me, your love's too good to be true (Turn the lights on)
My guilty pleasure, I ain't goin' nowhere
Baby, long as you're here, I'll be floatin' on air, 'cause you're mine
You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Either way, I don't wanna wake up from you (Turn the lights on)
[Bridge]
Tattoo your name across my heart
So it will remain
Not even death could make us part
What kind of dream is this?
[Chorus]
You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Either way, I don't wanna wake up from you (Turn the lights on)
Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Somebody pinch me, your love's too good to be true (Turn the lights on)
My guilty pleasure, I ain't goin' nowhere
Baby, long as you're here, I'll be floatin' on air, 'cause you're mine
You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Either way, I don't wanna wake up from you (Turn the lights on)
[Outro]
Either way, I don't wanna wake up from you
Music Video[]
