Apple was a music prodigy and had been bashing out music on the piano since she was 11, but "Sleep To Dream" was the first song she wrote with a complete lyric - she wrote it when she was 14. Even at this young age, Apple was writing complex songs with very mature themes. She said of the song, "It's about an a--hole, an old boyfriend," but instead of trashing him in simple terms the way most 14-year-olds would, Apple eviscerates him with lines like: This mind this body and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways So don't forget what I told you don't come around I got my own hell to raise It's not something Taylor Swift would write.
Sleep has tormented Apple her whole life, and her insomnia often shows up in her songs, notably "Every Single Night" from her The Idler Wheel album. Apple often had nightmares, which explains why she didn't sleep to dream.
This is the opening track on Tidal, Apple's debut album. The songs were written when she was still in high school; when she recorded them, she had never performed them live. Fiona was discovered through her demo tape, which found its way to Andrew Slater at Sony Records, who signed her and produced the album. On "Sleep To Dream," the drummer was Matt Chamberlain (ex-Pearl Jam) and the guitarist was Jon Brion, who later did production work for Apple.
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