• the waking world no longer haven
    reality’s shadow leaves you cravin’
    for light to fill the darkened pools
    for hope to kill off binding rules
    you weep for mercy and get none
    you beg for sleep, so it comes

    to sleep to sleep, to blessed sleep
    where all your petty dreams i keep
    where all my nightmares stoke the fires
    where i kill off all your desires
    to sleep to sleep, to blessed sleep

    you beg now for the waking hours
    the musty sunlight and dying flowers
    you plead with sleep to let you go
    you wish for light not darkness so
    the fires burn brighter, the nightmares more
    and off to torture your mind will soar

    to sleep to sleep, to blessed sleep
    where all your petty dreams i keep
    where all my nightmares stoke the fires
    where i kill off all your desires
    to sleep to sleep, to blessed sleep

    desires dead just like your soul
    your tears now fill up empty holes
    the dream and waking are both the same
    no longer need a different name
    but still you beg, as you weep
    to be released to that blessed sleep

    to sleep to sleep, to blessed sleep
    where all your hopes and dreams He keeps
    where light shines bright and love is there
    where beauty and peace are in the air
    to sleep to sleep, to blessed sleep

    that which you want, perfect sleep....
    does not exist, is darkness deep
    to sleep... to sleep.... to lonely sleep
    embrace the darkness that you keep