Do you know, dear Princess
Why we sleep at night?
Why the ponies shut themselves inside
Locked up all snug and tight?
Some say you went mad.
Driven utterly insane.
You thought we had shunned you.
Your night; your precious reign.
No, dear Princess
As I may be bold to say
It was not the darkness of the night
That kept driving us away.
We ponies sleep at night
Not to hide from the gloom
But to venture far outside.
In our minds, we see the moon.
Our eyes are filled with wonder
At your beautiful night sky.
And though you cannot see us
Do not wonder why.
"Why is nopony out
During my pretty night?"
We are, we are
Drinking in the sight.
For every night, we ponies sleep
To awaken to the day.
But our minds, forever in bed
Wait for night to play.
We see the night, the starry sky
Lit with glorious lights.
The moon, the stars,
Out on our nightly flights.
Through the sky, in the clouds
Our spirits prance and play
Until dragged to our fleshy bodies
To work another day.
We sleep at night, dear Princess
Because we feel safe and sound.
Your nighttime is our souls' lullaby
We wait the whole day 'round.
Sleep is a portal to higher living
Our souls can only see.
Dreams are not just imagination.
They are what in sleep we see.
And when the night is dark and deep
When nopony seems alive
Remember in our hearts we keep
That wonder still alive.