Nightingale

"Nightingale" is a song by American singer Demi Lovato from her fourth studio album Demi (2013). The song was written by Lovato, Anne Preven, Matt Rad, and Felicia Barton, while production was helmed by Rad and Preven served as a vocal producer. In the track Lovato looks for a hero, someone to lean on, singing, "Sing to me/ I know you're there/ 'Cause baby you're my sanity". During an interview with songwriter and record producer Emanuel Kiriakou she said: "Nightingale is definitely a personal song. It’s about one of my friends, actually, that passed away when we were thirteen. I feel like, sometimes I literally, I know when he’s in the room with me. And, I just have a really strong connection to him. I feel like he’s my nightingale." In other words, she feels like her friend is her guardian angel. The song is entirely dedicated to her friend Trenton Stout, who hung himself at the age of thirteen

[Verse 1] I can't sleep tonight Wide awake and so confused Everything's in line, but I am bruised I need a voice to echo I need a light to take me home I kinda need a hero Is it you? [Pre-Chorus] I never see the forest for the trees I could really use your melody Baby, I'm a little blind I think it's time for you to find me [Chorus] Can you be my nightingale? Sing to me I know you're there You could be my sanity Bring me peace Sing me to sleep Say you'll be my nightingale [Verse 2] Somebody speak to me, 'cause I'm feeling like hell Need you to answer me I'm overwhelmed I need a voice to echo I need a light to take me home I need a star to follow I don't know [Pre-Chorus] I never see the forest for the trees I could really use your melody Baby, I'm a little blind I think it's time for you to find me [Chorus] Can you be my nightingale? Sing to me I know you're there You could be my sanity Bring me peace Sing me to sleep Say you'll be my nightingale [Bridge] I don't know what I'd do without you Your words are like a whisper, come through As long as you are with me here tonight I'm good [Chorus] Can you be my nightingale? Feel so close I know you're there Oh, nightingale You sing to me I know you're there 'Cause, baby, you're my sanity You bring me peace Sing me to sleep Say you'll be my nightingale