Shallow Sleep
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| “Shallow Sleep” | |||||
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| Single by Hyde | |||||
| Released | February 27, 2002 | ||||
| Recorded | 2002 | ||||
| Genre | J-Rock | ||||
| Length | ? | ||||
| Label | HAUNTED RECORDS, Ki/oon Records | ||||
| Producer | HYDE | ||||
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The third single of L'Arc~en~Ciel vocalist, Hyde's solo project.
It was included as the 6th track of his first solo album, ROENTGEN. Of the very soft and ballad-orientated album, SHALLOW SLEEP was arguably the one that kept the most to HYDE's rock roots.
A version with English lyrics was released on the Roentgen Overseas album.
The music video of this song was collected with three others from the ROENTGEN album and released on DVD as ROENTGEN STORIES, a heavily symbolic and artistic series of four music videos, with HYDE's three singles featured on ROENTGEN and an addition video of another ROENTGEN song, SECRET LETTERS.
Lilies are a classic symbol of death, as is the number 4 in many Asian cultures. Death is a theme which heavily permeates ROENTGEN. SHALLOW SLEEP is perhaps the star of the album, so to speak, with the cover of the case featuring four lilies, displaying the most death symbols of HYDE's first trilogy of singles. Of the other two EVERGREEN features a rose, and ANGEL'S TALE features two tulips.
[edit] Track listing
- "Shallow Sleep"
- "Shallow Sleep" (English Ensemble)
