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Strange Dreams

from Strange Dreams by Thom Carter

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lyrics

Sweet, soft sounds,
And moonlight,
Wake me up from dreaming,
With hands like a ghost,

The streetlights are all off tonight,
And the sky is black as velvet,
Velvet arms,
Filled with stars,

I walk down to the gardens outside,
Take off my jacket in the summer night,
And my lungs and my mouth,
Are filled with flowers.


Oh, my lungs and my heart are filled with flowers.


Women with the wings of swans,
And men with legs like Grecian fawns,
Dance together around me,
As I walk,

Do they hypnotise me?
Or do I see them, finally?
These images from my mind…

Though it breaks your heart to feel it,
You know you have to leave it,
When you go,
Back into the world of the light.

The sea, the rain, the rivers will break,
The waters will wash it all away,
The wind will blow,
The trees will loose their limbs,

Your house will burn,
Your daughters will fall,
Your name shall fade,
Your glory shall go,
You will be left with nothing but the sound,

The ice shall come to lock you in,
And freeze you as you run from it,
You’ve cast a spell,
There is no turning back,

The garden where you thought you were,
Is bare and seedless and forlorn,
The flowers that bloomed,
Are dead and gone too soon.

Sweet soft sound,
Come back to me,
Revive my lovelorn body,
Now! Now! Now!

On my way,
Where others have not followed,
Watch me,
As I disappear like snow…

Watch me,
As I disappear like snow…

Watch me,
As I disappear like snow…

Watch me,
As I disappear like snow.

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from Strange Dreams, released June 10, 2011
Words and Music by Thom Carter. Copyright Verlaine Records 2011. All Rights Reserved.

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