Lenny Kravitz

Mean Sleep

Lenny Kravitz


What can we scrape together
With just the flesh as evidence
Handfuls of hate
And the bittersweet ambivalence 

'Cos I am pushin' cobwebs
And I'm folding into myself 

Who will find me under this mean sleep ? 
How could the clouds tease us into thinking it might rain ?
How could the need deceive us into thinking things might change ?

I had a mean, mean sleep over you
And it hurts, hurts coming back to life 

You could burn a thousand days
And I would need no other light
You could die a thousand ways
And I'd still love you back to life 
But my needs rising angry
And my loneliness like quicksand
Who will find me under this mean sleep ?
How could the clouds tease us into thinking it might rain ?
How could the need deceive us into thinking things might change ?

I had a mean, mean sleep over you
And it hurts, hurts coming back to life 

I am lost to the longing
I am moulded by the memory 
Had to shut down half my mind 
Just to still the space you left behind 

'Cos I am pushin' cobwebs
And I'm folding into myself 

Who will find me under this mean sleep 

How could the clouds tease us into thinking it might rain ?
How could the need deceive us into thinking things might change ?

I had a mean, mean sleep over you
And it hurts, hurts coming back to life 
Coming back to life 

I had a mean sleep 
had a mean, mean sleep over you 
I had a mean sleep 

And it hurts, hurts coming back to life…