Lyrics to
Sleep

This version of Sleep was released by Steppenwolf in 1976.

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Please don’t talk no more
It’s just that I’m half asleep
And not a sudden case of nasty manner
You’ve been here all night
Just waiting for the final line
to make this more than a warm encounter

I’m tired and I want to go to bed
I need some time to rest my weary head
With all your worry about the things I need
Why don’t you let me
Why don’t you let me
Why don’t you let me sleep

Please turn out the light
I don’t care if you stay or go
Just as long as I can get some shut eye
And if I don’t reply to all your mumbling in the dark
It’s your fault that I’m too tired to answer

I’m tired and I want to go to bed
I need some time to rest my weary head
And if there’s one more night like one of these
Then you better let me, you better let me
You better let me sleep

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About Lyrics and Sleep by Steppenwolf

The lyrics to Sleep are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Steppenwolf used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Sleep have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Steppenwolf and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Sleep by Steppenwolf. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Sleep" means the words set to the music of Sleep, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Steppenwolf. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Sleep and the lyrics to Sleep are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Steppenwolf who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sleep, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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