Lullaby No.13

In my dreams

Voices keep talking at me

In my dreams

Voices keep talking at me

In my dreams

Voices keep talking at me

Telling me how to break

In my dreams

Voices keep talking at me

Telling me what to take

In my dreams

Voices keep talking at me

Telling me I'm a fake

In my dreams

Voices keep talking at me

Telling me not to wake

You can never run from all the voices in the night

Bloody noses scraped knees and handkerchiefs held tight

I can’t stand all the noise but I need it all the same

This is the stuff of nightmares and I'm haunted by your name

You wrap me in your words so I'm a baby in your arms

I wanna hear a lullaby

I only hear alarms

It’s just a dream I tell myself: Just wait for the light

But it’s never just a dream when you give in to the night

And they tell me that it’s fine

And they tell me not to worry

One of them held out a hand and brought me to my knees on the bloody sand

So I’ll feed myself to all the swine and I’ll tell them they don’t have to hurry

Finally, among my kind

Keep me safe and chew me slowly

In my dreams voices keep talking to me (in my dreams voices keep talking to me)

In my dreams voices keep talking to me (in my dreams voices keep talking to me)

In my dreams voices keep talking to me (in my dreams voices keep talking to me)

In my dreams voices keep talking to me (in my dreams voices keep talking to me)

In my dreams, voices keep talking at me telling me not to wake