[Verse 1]I have a dream every once in a whileI am down in a basement and lost in your smileThen you flicker away as I step on the trainAnd when I wake up i am whispering your name[Verse 2]There are things that I said that I shouldn't have saidThere are things I remember I wish I'd forgetThere is pain in your eyes that I never could knowThere are places you've been no one ever should go[Chorus 1]You arе a folded up paper doll haunting the words that I strugglе to sayYou are a book that I left at a restaurant so many summers awayYou are the roar of an orchestra, I know this all sounds a little cliche but I didn't know[Verse 3]Seared in my memories, your polka-dot gown...When the levees collapsed any good-will we foundFlood out the laughter with deafening sighsStraightening your curls out and rolling your eyes[Verse 4]Scream for the monsters that kicked down your wallsScream for some dumb afternoon in the fallScream for parishioners knelt in your graceScream for the symphony light on your faceScream for the tempest and scream for the calmScream for the days you can barely hold onScream for the healing and scream for the acheScream for emotions you struggle to fakeI'll scream for forgiveness for every mistake[Chorus 2]I am a picture you've learned to ignore, just a memory you'd like to eraseI am a specter in high definition, a flashback you don't want to chaseI am a power chord washed in distortion... too dumb to imagine your space and I didn't know[Bridge]I can't return the last gift that I got for youThat's not a metaphor, there is a 30 day limitAnd we can't return to the pastNo bar karaoke or text conversations or bridges on fire (OK, that one's a metaphor)But if you could give me the benefit of any shred of self doubt that i have...[Coda]When the clock touches midnight, it won't go awayWith mysterious magic, it won't go awayIn ballgowns and chariots, it won't go awayAt the worst fucking airport, it won't go awayWith sacred devotion, it won't go awayIn perpetual motion, it won't go awayIn the deepest blue ocean, it won't go awayWith fleeting emotion, it won't go awayWith words of forgiveness, it won't go awayWith terrible scars, no it won't go awayWith confessions and tears, no it won't go awayIn a million years, no it won't go away[End Tag]I have a dream every now and again where I’m dead in the water or drowning in sin
