[Verse 1: Lenny Kravitz]
What can we scrape together
With just the flesh as evidence?
Handfuls of hate
And the bittersweet ambivalence
[Pre-Chorus: Lenny Kravitz & Cree Summer, Lenny Kravitz]
'Cause I am brushin' cobwebs
And I'm foldin' into myself
Who will find me under this mean sleep?
[Chorus: Cree Summer, Lenny Kravitz, & Both]
How could the clouds tease us into thinkin' it might rain?
How could the need deceive us into thinkin' things might change?
I had a mean, mean sleep over you
And it hurts, hurts comin' back to life
[Verse 2: Lenny Kravitz]
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
[Pre-Chorus: Lenny Kravitz & Cree Summer, Lenny Kravitz]
But my need's risin' angry
And my loneliness like quicksand
Who will find me under this mean sleep?
[Chorus: Cree Summer, Lenny Kravitz, & Both]
How could the clouds tease us into thinkin' it might rain?
How could the need deceive us into thinkin' things might change?
I had a mean, mean sleep over you
And it hurts, hurts comin' back to life
I had a mean, mean sleep over you
And it hurts, hurts comin' back to life
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge: Lenny Kravitz & Cree Summer, Lenny Kravitz]
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
[Pre-Chorus: Lenny Kravitz & Cree Summer, Lenny Kravitz]
'Cause I am brushin' cobwebs
And I'm foldin' into myself
Who will find me under this mean sleep?
[Chorus: Cree Summer, Lenny Kravitz, & Both]
How could the clouds tease us into thinkin' it might rain?
How could the need deceive us into thinkin' things might change?
I had a mean, mean sleep over you
And it hurts, hurts comin' back to life (Comin' back to life; I had a mean sleep)
I had a mean, mean sleep over you (I had a mean sleep; I had a mean sleep)
And it hurts, hurts comin' back to life (Comin' back to life; comin' back to life)
I had a mean, mean sleep over you (I had a mean sleep)
And it hurts, hurts comin' back to life (Comin' back to life, yeah; comin' back to life)
I had a mean, mean sleep over you (Oh, yeah; I had a mean sleep)
And it hurts, hurts comin' back to life (Comin' back to life)
I had a mean, mean sleep over you (I had a mean sleep)
And it hurts, hurts comin' back to life (Comin' back to life; comin' back to life)
I had a mean, mean sleep over you (I had a mean sleep)