Dream Curse

What happened here?
I can’t remember
It seemed so clear
Now I can’t remember
Blood everywhere
I’m playing solitaire

I touch the floor
And think of Heaven
Unlock the door
And think of Heaven
Blood everywhere
I’m playing solitaire

What’s the use?
Light the fuse
And burn yesterday

Let’s turn to stone
The trees are swaying
Just crack the bone
The trees are swaying
Blood everywhere
I’m playing solitaire

Such a mean trick
The sky is melting
It’s all so sick
The sky is melting
Blood everywhere
I’m playing solitaire

What’s the use?
Light the fuse
And burn yesterday

Birds are flying backwards
I’m weaving a cocoon
I lost my legs in battle
I hope they grow back soon
Strange times
Strange times

An odd aircraft landed
And green men stumbled out
They spoke of distant planets
I could not scream or shout
Strange times
Strange times

I asked you to a party
Of course you did decline
All dressed in owl feathers
And a big black bolo tie
Strange times
Strange times

If not for midnight secrets
And the bitter taste of tea
My flesh would turn to shadow
And my spirit it would flee
Strange times
Strange times

If we’re gonna leave this solar system
First we gotta leave this town
If I’m gonna haunt you all next summer
First you’ve gotta be around
If you believe in me then I exist
Feel the pulse a pounding through my wrist

Found a salamander in the pillow
Filled my mind with ancient spells
I lit thirteen candles in the forest
And listened for the tolling bells
If you believe in me then I exist
Feel the pulse a pounding through my wrist

Don’t blame me for what happens next
It’s your fault I’m possessed

Stayed beneath the blanket Sunday morning
Pretending I was in a black hole
Reality collapsed and time was shattered
Whatever happened next I don’t know
If you believe in me then I exist
Feel the pulse a pounding through my wrist

Do you think our spirits are imprisoned
Shackled to this earthly plane
If you dare to meet me in the garden
Promise not to speak my name
If you believe in me then I exist
Feel the pulse a pounding through my wrist

Don’t blame me for what happens next
It’s your fault I’m possessed

Time to wake up
No more sleeping
Early morning
I go creeping

Oh the night it seemed to
Want to last forever
In a parallel universe
I hope we’re doing better

Spring time fog gloom
Cold but so green
Are you a God
Or a bad dream?

Oh the night it seemed to
Want to last forever
In a parallel universe
I hope we’re doing better

I broke a toe
Tripped on my ghost
When the bees sting
I miss you most

Oh the night it seemed to
Want to last forever
In a parallel universe
I hope we’re doing better

Read the tea leaves
It all grows clear
If you lose hope
You will lose fear

Oh the night it seemed to
Want to last forever
In a parallel universe
I hope we’re doing better

All the cannibals are gathered on the street
Outside my window they are moaning
We had a fight and you went out last night
You said don’t call me in the morning
It started raining at a half past ten
Wondered if I’d ever see you again

And I am trapped inside this dream
Big lonely world
Big lonely world
With its claws unfurled

There’s something dripping in the bathroom sink
It’s red and smells just like November
Every awful thing I said or did
You seemed to constantly remember
Sadness used to be a sweet relief
Now I curse it as a two faced thief

And I am trapped inside this dream
Big lonely world
Big lonely world
With its claws unfurled

Tore the wings off of a wounded bird
Seemed the perfect time to fly away
Threw a bowling ball it hit the sun
Now the sky has turned a morbid gray
Thought I saw you in a wishing well
But in this hazy mist it’s hard to tell

And I am trapped inside this dream
Big lonely world
Big lonely world
With its claws unfurled

Centuries pass
I lose my way
Trapped in the slaughterhouse
Day after day
Honey don’t scream
This is my death dream

Night birds descend
Please stay awake
Why are you trembling?
It’s a mistake
Honey don’t scream
This is my death dream

Hope is a dangerous thing
When you’re a lamb on the altar

Planets explode
Show me your wrist
Where are the bandages?
We don’t exist
Honey don’t scream
This is my death dream

There is a mist
Out on the sea
Pack up your memories
It’s time to flee
Honey don’t scream
This is my death dream

Hope is a dangerous thing
When you’re a lamb on the altar

I was talking to myself
Thinking of the minotaur
You filled up my empty glass
Said drink it down then drink some more
Drink the poison
Drink the poison

Chicken coop is falling down
Men are merging with machines
All these words have hidden truths
I wonder what anything means
Drink the poison
Drink the poison

Horror of space terror of time
Never shall the two entwine

Electric eel in my shirt
Seaweed twisted ‘round my heart
Magnets hidden in the earth
Telling us to stay apart
Drink the poison
Drink the poison

This year I am growing fangs
I will learn to harvest worms
Every time you whisper sweet
Something in the graveyard turns
Drink the poison
Drink the poison

Horror of space terror of time
Never shall the two entwine

Wouldn’t it be nice
To have something to look forward to?
When you’re down in the dirt
With nothing much to do?

Every time you come around
The whole world turns upside down
My chains they rattle and they creak
I can’t do anything I feel so weak

Wouldn’t it be nice
To have something to look forward to?
When you’re down in the dirt
With nothing much to do?

Heartache never seems to end
The oozing wound of life just won’t mend
Sick and nervous all the time
Like I’m wanted for some awful crime

Wouldn’t it be nice
To have something to look forward to?
When you’re down in the dirt
With nothing much to do?

We used to sit down by the pond
It always scared me when your hair was blonde
Frogs were croaking it was June
You started whistling a mangled tune

Wouldn’t it be nice
To have something to look forward to?
When you’re down in the dirt
With nothing much to do?

There’s no magic anymore
When you wish upon a dying star
I’d offer comfort if I could
But it really wouldn’t do much good

Wouldn’t it be nice
To have something to look forward to?
When you’re down in the dirt
With nothing much to do?

Wouldn’t it be nice
To have something to look forward to?
In the night when you’re all alone

Teardrop after teardrop
You really got me crying now
I heard you never
Cared about me anyhow

Where does a broken heart go
Where does a broken heart go?
I don’t know
Where does a sunken boat row
Where does a sunken boat row?
I don’t know
You hurt me bad

Teardrop after teardrop
You really got me crying now
I heard you never
Cared about me anyhow

Into the sea of sadness
Into the sea of sadness
Blow wind blow
Into the arms of madness
Into the arms of madness
Here I go
You hurt me bad

Teardrop after teardrop
You really got me crying now
I heard you never
Cared about me anyhow

I got your letter yesterday
With words as cold as Golem clay
I swear I heard the blizzard say
It doesn’t matter anyway

Why are the stars all laughing
Why are the stars all laughing?
I don’t know
What are you photographing?
What are you photographing?
I don’t know
You hurt me bad

Teardrop after teardrop
You really got me crying now
I heard you never
Cared about me anyhow

Stuck with a golden dagger
Stuck with a golden dagger
See it glow
Whenever I walk I stagger
Whenever I walk I stagger
Weak and slow
You hurt me bad

Teardrop after teardrop
You really got me crying now
I heard you never
Cared about me anyhow

I got your letter yesterday
With words as cold as Golem clay
I swear I heard the blizzard say
It doesn’t matter anyway

The witch heard about my depression
She sent a bouquet of tongues
I planted them down in the garden
Next to your bloated lungs

Loneliness is a disease
Grief grows taller than trees

The sound of the boombox was frightening
Cats with their ears twisted flat
Keys buried deep in your beehive
Your eyes small and red like a rat

Loneliness is a disease
Grief grows taller than trees

In junkyards the vermin had gathered
They squealed on you that sad day
They said you ran off and got married
Who needs human love anyway?

Loneliness is a disease
Grief grows taller than trees

To warm for the ice to protect me
So soon it’s nineteen eighty two
The séance called forth things of wonder
But all I could think of was you

Loneliness is a disease
Grief grows taller than trees

Wind blows the curtain
Death rattle sweet
Was it a dream?
Did we really meet?

In the shadow of the moon

Snow cracks the window
Winter falls through
Tears on my pillow
Thinking of you

In the shadow of the moon
Time moved so fast it stood still

Floating in darkness
Feeling alone
Call in the night dear
You know I’ll be home

In the shadow of the moon

Tell me the future
What do you see?
Am I still crying
Your old used to be?

In the shadow of the moon
Time moved so fast it stood still