Mengulik "One More Sleep", Lagu Natal Andalan Leona Lewis yang Tak Lekang Waktu

Di penghujung 2013, Leona Lewis penyanyi bersuara emas asal Inggris memutuskan untuk menghadirkan sesuatu yang spesial: album Natal pertamanya bertajuk Christmas, with Love. Dari sekian track di album itu, ada satu lagu yang langsung mencuri perhatian dan bertahan hingga kini, yakni One More Sleep.

Kesuksesannya ternyata bukan main-main. Lagu ini tercatat sebagai lagu Natal terbesar ke-4 di abad 21, dengan penjualan mencapai lebih dari 1,46 juta unit. Tak heran, para kritikus musik pun memujinya. Banyak yang bahkan menobatkannya sebagai salah satu lagu Natal terbaik sepanjang masa. Kalau kamu penasaran dengan liriknya, ini dia.

Snow is falling all around us
My baby's coming home for Christmas
I've been up all night inside my bedroom
He said he'll be with me real soon
So I wait
And I wait
But I've had as much as I can take

'Cause I've got five more nights of sleeping on my own
Four more days until you're coming home
Three more dreams of you and mistletoe
Two more reasons why I love you so
I've got five more nights until you're next to me
Four more days of being lonely
Three more wishes, I can barely breathe
If I can make it to Christmas Eve then it's
One more sleep (one more sleep until it's Christmas)
One more sleep (Can't believe how much I missed us)
One more sleep (One more sleep until it's Christmas)
One more sleep

Bagian berikutnya menggambarkan kerinduan yang semakin menjadi. Desember terasa lebih dingin dan sepi.

Now I don't think I can remember
A cold and lonelier December
And I find myself singing at the window
Wondering when you're gonna get back home
So I try
And I try
But there is nothing I can do to pass this time

Lalu, chorus yang ikonik itu kembali mengulang hitungan mundur yang sama. Ritme lagu seakan mengajak pendengar untuk ikut menanti.

'Cause I've got five more nights of sleeping on my own
Four more days until you're coming home
Three more dreams of you and mistletoe
Two more reasons why I love you so
I've got five more nights until you're next to me
Four more days of being lonely
Three more wishes, I can barely breathe
If I can make it to Christmas Eve then it's
One more sleep (one more sleep until it's Christmas)
One more sleep (Can't believe how much I missed us)
One more sleep (One more sleep until it's Christmas)
One more sleep

Di bagian bridge, nuansa harapannya semakin kuat. Bayangan reuni di hari Natal begitu jelas.

Until we're rocking around the Christmas tree
Until I got you sitting next to me
We got a lot of catching up to do
I just can't take this missing you

Lagu kemudian mengakhiri dengan repetisi chorus yang lebih emosional dan perlahan memudar, meninggalkan kesan mendalam tentang antisipasi dan cinta di musim Natal.

Five more nights on my own
Four more days, hmm
Three more dreams, mistletoe
I can't believe I ever let you go, oh
Five more nights of sleeping on my own (Yeah) (On my own)
Four more days until you're coming home (Until you're coming home)
Three more wishes, I can barely breathe
If I can make it to Christmas Eve then it's
One more sleep
One more sleep
One more sleep
One more sleep