They’re buzzing round like flies
Just to see you cry
Like mongrel dogs they crawl across
Just to watch the cost of another loss
I can’t dream about you anymore
They taught you how to feel
Break down and never steal
They taught you how to close your eyes
To all the bad things inside another war
I can’t dream about you anymore
They say keep on walking
Forget your broken wings
Get a good job and forget all your sins
Forget everything
I can’t dream about you anymore
So dragging up the past
From the gutter where it lasts
A gold ring in the sewer
A wedding gift from you to her, take it back
I can’t dream about you anymore
So scan these words like a map on a page
Turn your head, you turn away
The time has come and gone, your time has come and gone,
Won’t you leave this place?
I can’t dream about you anymore
credits
from The Art of Anticipation,
released June 4, 2012
Written by Matthew Taylor and Samuel Taylor
Track 8 engineered and produced by Samuel Taylor at Love Electric Studios, London. Mixed and arranged by Dave Sanderson and Alan Smyth at 2fly Studios, Sheffield.
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