Die to Wake Up From a Dream

As a young boy - used to dream of monsters in my home

What was that? “They’re pulling me under!”

As soon as I’d die I woke.

You die in a dream to save your life,

Die when you feel the knife to your throat -

Wake up safely in your own bed

All the demons running through your head,

In a minute there’ll be nothing left.

Let them have their way with you,

There’s always something you can do

You might have a day or two before the memory fades

Let them have their way with you,

There’s always something you can do

We get older and we move into a family home

Working harder, but the money we got don’t grow.

Tired of all the sleepless nights,

Tired of all the knives that they hold

In the country for the weekend,

By the ocean on the next trip -

Trying to tell you where the time went

Trying to remember just when we met

You said since your letter

Things got better and better

I’m driving home and I feel…

Even more tired than when I left

Water rising over my head

Trying to show people I love them

Wondering when it’s gonna make sense

Sweet things I remember

Just get better and better

Rounding the corner I see…

You alone out on the headland

Across the rocks to meet an old friend

The sky begins to turn a deep red

I call out but you don’t turn your head

Crumpled in your hand the message

Feeling breathless as I grasp it

Vision fading as I fall there

The sound of laughter fills the darkness

And then your letter

Starts receding forever

As if blown by the wind

See the words that burn in my head

Vicious whisper flickers past says

Hitch your life to what you think’s best

In a minute there’ll be nothing left

Unless… [WAKE UP]

Let them have their way with you

There’s always something you can do

You might have a day or two

Before the memory fades

Let them have their way with you

There’s always something you can do

See they could chew you out -

In a New York Minute

And it gets better

It just better and better,

It just gets better and better

Rounding the corner I see…

You alone out on the headland

Across the rocks to meet an old friend

The sky begins to turn a deep red

The sound of laughter fills the dark