Demi Lovato: Nightingale Meaning

Nightingale Lyrics

I can't sleep tonight.
Wide awake and so confused
Everything's in line but i'm bruised
I need a voice to echo I need a light to take me home. I kinda need a hero is it you?
I never see the forest for the trees I could really use your melody....

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   Feb 22nd 2016 !⃝

   Demi Lovato lost one of her close friends when she was younger, and I think this song is saying that she feels him watching over her, kind of like a guardian angel. I also believe she's longing for him, because the nightingale represents love and longing in East Indian mythology. She misses him, and needs him to keep her grounded to the world.

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   Jun 20th 2013 !⃝

   When Demi was younger a good friend of hers past away when he was 13. The lyrics of this song is about her friend who she feels is a angel (nightingale) watching over her. In the song she feels that he is watching over her and asking if it is him.
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   Apr 26th 2018 !⃝

   I like her song because I can relate to it.
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   Oct 3rd 2017 !⃝

   this song is about her father, someone she lost when she was young. She misses him but always knows he is watching over her:)

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   Sep 24th 2017 !⃝

   Isn't it about her step father of father

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6. anonymous

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   Jun 22nd 2017 !⃝

   In my opinion Demi is looking for love and needs that special someone to come save her

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7. anonymous

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   Aug 16th 2016 !⃝

   I believe that Demi was referring to God or Jesus Christ in this song through the lyrics "I dont know what id do without you, your words are like a whisper cutting through as long as you're with me here tonight I'm good". Saying that she's protected by Gods spirit and the Holy Ghost. Also, "I need a voice to echo, I need a light to take me home, I need a star to follow, I dont know" referring to the star that the wise men had follow which led them to their savior Jesus Christ.

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   Jan 1st 2015 !⃝

   Demi lost someone really close to her at a young age. She feels that he's an angel for her and looking down on her. Before he passed away he wished her luck on her career and dreams.
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   Jun 6th 2014 !⃝

   I think that this song has a similar meaning to Hold My Hand by The Fray. It is a call to someone for protection. "Will you be my nightengale?" and "You can be my sanity, bring me peace, sing me to sleep" is just a hope to have that one person (or thing) than can always bring you happiness. Sometimes life throws difficult obstacles in your path, and everyone needs a shoulder to cry on, or a therapeutic activity to keep them sane. This song is a prayer for that.

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