"While the Earth Sleeps" is a song written by Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez of Deep Forest and Peter Gabriel.

[1] The song incorporates credited samples from "Shashvi, Kakabi", performed by [Tsinandali Choir and from "Övgön Chuuvuu" from the album Mongolie, Musique Vocale et Instrumentale.

The passage "Da li znaeš, mila majko" (Да ли знаеш мила мајко) (Do you know, dear mother?)

comes from the folk song "Dali Znaeš, Mili Majko" using the sampled voice of Bulgarian singer Katya Petrova.

[1] The song was first recorded in 1962 by Cveta and Petar Pavlovski and became popular in SR Macedonia in part because one of the verses was written in the country's native language.