The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Sleeping Dog Lie" by the artist "Xandria"

The song "Sleeping Dog Lie" by Xandria paints a picture of the inner struggle of the lyrical heroine, torn between the voice of reason and the call of passion.

Night, as a symbol of mystery and permissiveness, sharpens feelings and pushes the heroine to the edge. She feels lost in a labyrinth of forbidden desires ("labyrinth of shame and sin"), which beckon with their sweetness and intoxicate like "the sweetest wine." Conscience resists ("whispers 'no'"), but the thirst for new sensations is stronger ("feelings scream 'forward'"). The heroine is aware of the risks, understands that the stakes are high ("This time there is too much at stake"), but with every moment sinks deeper into the abyss of passion ("The more I deny, the more I entrust myself to this night").

She turns to a certain "you", perhaps to the object of her passion or to her own conscience, with a plea not to interfere, not to destroy the fragile illusion ("Don't tell me what you feel, don't say what you see..."). The heroine is ready to pay any price for moments of bliss, even at the cost of her own death ("even if I die today").

The second part of the song develops the theme of inner struggle. The metaphor of "two creatures" playing a game illustrates the confrontation between reason and feeling. The heroine is balancing on the brink, realizing that one wrong step can lead to a point of no return ("Step aside, loosen the dead grip, Let the heavenly fire burn the place from which there is no return"). She has already plunged too deep into the abyss of desire to stop ("Already too far to feel hunger, but too close to just breathe a lie quietly").

The chorus, repeated throughout the song, becomes a kind of mantra, an attempt by the heroine to drown out the voice of reason and surrender to the power of feelings ("Don't wake the sleeping dog, let it fly").