The Nightmare

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

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

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 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, 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

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

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