Ruby (feat. Will Oldham) Lyrics

it isn't always i am well

for sometimes i am ailing

and yet in steaming night i smile

to downplay this my failing

and make a noise to bury all

of your weeping and your wailing

and then in bed by little light

and closed off from it all

i must try and bring a conscious end to night

and hope that dreams begin to fall



the color of my dreams, they would be you...ruby

oh if i could close my eyes and bring you to me

push your head into

make you not you not you not you but me





and then in dreams i wander free

and see some things i'm meant to see

and sometimes even i see thee



and would the night go on and on

and not tomorrow end at dawn

and whatever mat i lay upon

dissolve



the color of my dreams, if i had dreams, they would be

you...ruby

everything i do is done to bring you closer to me

when you sleep your breath it blows right on through me



the color of my dreams, if i had dreams, they would be

you...ruby

the color of my dreams, they would be you...ruby



and illness be or wellness thrive

my dream proves i am yet alive