When I Can't Sleep is a song from Hilda and the Mountain King. It is sung by the Icelandic folk pop band Pascal Pinon.
The song was originally a part of the album "Twosomeness" released in 2013.
Use in the movie[]
The song is played halfway through the movie, during a montage that shows the various characters at their darkest hour:
- Hilda breaks down in tears when she learns that Trylla, despite her realisation that what she did was bad, has no idea how to reverse the changeling spell.
- Frida is up all night in her room, visibly exhausted as she desperately does research to find a way to turn Hilda back to human.
- David is clearly uncomfortable as his mom shows off her new Trolberg Safety Patrol uniform and is about to start her first night as bellringer.
- Gerda Gustav is forced to stay on patrol all night with Erik Ahlberg, clearly bored.
- Baba is also having trouble sleeping, as Tontu can only comfort the child by putting her under a blanket.
- Alfur mourns the apparent death of Cedric during the last failed search for Hilda, holding onto one of the pigeon's feathers.
- Johanna has failed again to find Hilda, barely escaped with her life after a troll attack, and is now barely able to sleep, weeping over whether or not she'll see her little girl again.
- Twig is sleeping on Hilda's boots, lamenting his missing friend and owner.
Lyrics[]
| I remind myself when I'm in the darkness
That half the world is awake And when I can't sleep, I imagine I'm without |
| Till my eyes start to wake
When I head off for new adventures And I find my feet on new paths |
| No matter how far away I end up
My heart always wants In my deepest thought |
| The marrow of my goals
Oh oooh oh oooh Oh oooh oh oooh |
| I remind myself when I'm in the darkness
That half the world is awake And when I can't sleep I imagine I'm without (you) |
| Till my eyes start to wake
In my deepest thought The marrow of my goals |
| All I need is already above me
Things I can not touch for yours to keep In my deepest call The marrow of my bones |
| All my past intentions
I lay them on the altar Oh oooh oh oooh Oh oooh oh oooh |