Dreams Fall Hard

Last night I dreamed I had to tell

My parents about us

When I woke up I was crying

Mother shook me by the shoulders

Said “you’re ruining your life!”

I’m sorry that your bright young boy is dying

I know I dishonored

The family name

But all I ever had was my heart

And I wake up a kid

In a bed miles from home

But I’m too old to get a new start

I’ve heard I talk in my sleep

But my voice is too weak

To hear the words I say

I’ve been trying like hell

To wake myself up

But dreams fall hard today

In a vision of death

You breathe your last breath

And all that I hold is cold embers

And I sing in your ear

But there’s nothing to hear

Just a nightowl in burial chambers

You say that you love me

And I write it all down

So when you’re gone I’ll remember

But as I get old I find

I can’t trust my own mind

And your words all break down into laughter

I’ve heard I talk in my sleep

But my voice is too weak

To make out the words I say

I’ve been trying like hell

To wake myself up

But dreams fall hard today

I watch myself falling apart

My body can’t keep up with my heart

What I see I can’t understand

This sweet boy’s becoming a nervous old man

I wake up with tears

Not yet dried on my face

No comfort in the cold light of morning

Young men see visions

And old men dream dreams

And it all amounts to a warning

I’ve heard I talk in my sleep

But my voice is too weak

To hear the words I say

I’ve been trying like hell

To wake myself up

But dreams fall hard today

And by the time

I get it out of my mind

Night has fallen upon me again