The Nightmare

[Verse 1]

Thrown down through the arms of sleep

She fell through the ivory morning

Deep into the waters

Of the one she called love

She paled in the wake

Of what some call a dream

But, you cannot know a dream

Till you've known the nightmare

[Verse 2]

When I stood with you against the storm

And I tried once again

Well, I said, "I'd like to leave you

With something warm"

How many times

Drowning in the sea

Drowning

That was when the dream took her prisoner

And she knew the dream was over

But, the nightmare was not over

Still some call that a dream

The nightmare... the nightmare

[Verse 3]

Well, you cannot know a dream

When you turn away

You don't know

You'll never care

The night is not your friend

And you have not had her

And when the nightmare ends

But, you never understand

[Verse 4]

When you're gone

She wakes up calling out

Oh, calling out

As children may cry as she will

Anytime, oh, anywhere

Blinded by the light of the day

She has known the nightmare

[Verse 5]

So about the moon and her sisters

How dare he take them prisoner

Well, if she had flung out her heart against him

Then in all of her wisdom

Oh, well that was a mystery

[Verse 6]

That was when the dream took her prisoner

And she knew the dream was over

But the nightmare was not over

Somewhere in her ancient ways

She walks through the night

And then she tries to get through the day

Some will never know

Or share any kind of dream

[Verse 7]

The nightmare

This is not the world

This is not the world

This is not the world

The nightmare

She wants him to fight... anytime, anywhere

She wants him to stand up

She wants him to win

This is not the world

This is not the world

This is not the real world

Blinded by the light of the day

Blinded by the light

She was blinded by the light of the day

Blinded by the day