Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: hard-rock
Song Meaning of “Sleep Around” by Silverstein
Sleep Around by Silverstein is a song about the impulse, especially in the teenage years, to ‘sleep around’ and engage in sexual encounters without any long-term commitment. It speaks to the urge of trying to ‘fill a void’ with countless sexual partners, only to find that although physically satisfying, it still can’t satisfy one’s emotional need for connection and true love.
The lyrics paint a vivid portrait of a restless heart searching in vain for something that can’t be found in one night stands and weekend flings. “Sleeping around in the city of lights/Where in love for a night it’s alright/Nobody cares and so it seems/All the love just fades away in my dreams.”
The chorus reveals the true longing for love with the line “Sleeping around is not where I belong/Cause at the end of the night I can’t still find/A love to last me till the morning light/But I keep trying, keep trying.” The song goes on to describe how engaging in this lifestyle of meaningless sex can make one feel empty and hollow; “So all alone in the night searching for my heart/Scared of love so I’m tearing it apart/Trying to fill this void that’s deep inside me/But all the love that I find just slips right through me.”
The song’s message is that there is no true connection to be found in fleeting sexual relationships, and that real love must be sought in order to fill a void in one’s heart.