Lyrics Sleep - Melissa Etheridge

Sleep

After your laughter
Like thunder
After your skin
Like coffee and cream
After it takes our bodies
Into the night
After we’ve come
To the extreme
I want to lay down
On your shoulder
Just inside your arm
I want to listen
To your heart beat
And your breathing on and on
I want to lay down
On your shoulder
Surrender to your peace
And go to sleep
And when we’ve gone
A million miles
Made true our dreams
With sweat and bone
After we’ve built it up
With our bare hands
Made strong a place
We can call home
I want to lay down
On your shoulder
Just inside your arm
I want to listen
To your heart beat
And your breathing on and on
I want to lay down
On your shoulder
Surrender to your peace
And go to sleep
And when the light
In my eye is fading
When running water
Becomes too deep
Finally angels turn
My fire to dust
And when my soul’s
No longer mine to keep
I want to lay down
On your shoulder
Just inside your arm
I want to listen
To your heart beat
And your breathing on and on
I want to lay down
On your shoulder
Surrender to the peace
And just go to sleep
Just go to sleep