Sleeping Alone - Mieke

You walk home late

Take off your lipstick

Fall like a leaf between the sheets

Losing skin cells

There are a hundred other beds

where you could sleep

But let’s be honest

There’s more we wanted

And you’re a free woman

Take it as your own

You can pray for a fire

Wait for a flood

Would that make you worthy

Would it be enough

It seems to me you’re already home

Love, there are worse things

Like sleeping alone

Sleeping alone

Oh, your lovely life

Bet on the slow horse

Marry the night

Conscience is not what it kills

They feed on hearts

They feed on pills

But let’s be honest

There’s more we wanted

And you’re a free woman

Take it as your own

You can pray for a fire

Wait for a flood

Would that make you worthy

Would it be enough

It seems to me you’re already home

Love, there are worse things

Like sleeping alone

Sleeping alone

You wanted more

Don’t give it up

You hold it in your hands

You wanted more

Don’t give it up

Don’t give it up

You wanted more

Don’t give it up

You hold it in your hands

You wanted more

Don’t give it up

Don’t give it up

Sleeping alone

Sleeping alone

You walk home late

Take off your lipstick

Fall like a leaf between the sheets

Losing skin cells

There are a hundred other beds

Where you could sleep