Sometimes I dream of what I read;
Sometimes I kiss your sleeping head -
But only the pillow is your body, your touch a bed.
I breathe with you,
but you’re not there at all.
In fantasy land, nothing is real
except how I feel about you, baby.
In fantasy land, dreams are sand
and I am talking to the wall.
Only love can see me through;
Only love from only you is real to me.
The only hope I have out here
is that one day you'll appear, in my dreams.
Sometimes I see you:
A face in the street drifting away
to a distant melody…
Then I see,
the ghost in the window is me.
I'm not here at all.
In fantasy land, nothing is real
except how I feel about you, baby.
In fantasy land, dreams are sand
and I am talking to the wall.
Only love can see me through;
Only love from only you is real to me.
The only hope I have out here
is that one day you'll appear, in my dreams.
Category: Stories
Did You Ever Love Me?
We were in love (or so we said) - Our days ahead “would last forever”. But now, you’re not here; The bed is cold, our story's over. Last night, where were you? The dawn is dark and I can't see you. Did you ever love me? Or am I just another fool for you? Did you ever love me? Did you ever love me, at all? There's no love here, in the dark alone - Fear stalks the night, I cannot hide or run; It hunts me down, wears me down, and then, cold and numb, I succumb: Under the dark, I fall in the wilderness, A thousand miles from you. Last night, where were you? The dawn is dark and I can't see you. Did you ever love me? Or am I just another fool for you? Did you ever love me? Did you ever love me, at all? You set me up, you set me down, loved me up and kicked me down - No love here, just fear of the dark. Did you ever love me? Or am I just another fool for you? Did you ever love me? Did you ever love me, at all?
Play Me Again
If you want me, you’ve got me - Try me, taste and buy me. I feel you when you look at me: A wave swelling over me, Lips swirling over my body. Get me where you want me: Play your game, For your satisfaction, Play me again. Any way you want me: Play the game, For satisfaction, Play me again. I come from faraway seeking a place to play - Heard sirens across the sea but they had no music for me. Then in the crimson dark, I heard magic in your laugh; Your smile unfolded, Bathing me down in your gold. Any way you want me: Play your game, For your satisfaction, Play me again. Get me where you want me: Play the game, For satisfaction, Play me again. I can hear you in your touch, Playing with magic, Warm caresses of my skin - You sweat salt on my tongue; You show me land where there was none. Naked rhythm murmuring, Covering me with you - The naked mystique of you. Get me where you want me: Play your game, For your satisfaction, Play me again. Any way you want me: Play the game, For satisfaction, Play me again.
Naughty Is Best
Someone I know is so naughty, Helping me up in all my glory: Bliss stretching up, touched by the sun - Like a sonic flare, the day has begun. In the inferno, she finds her way, Breathing in great aeons of shapes, Up and down in a fierce embrace, Claiming me. Naughty is best - Your naughty is best. Nicely or naughty - Her naughty is best. Seduced and burned, pulling me closer - Animal instinct sliding on the bed. Vulnerable and deadly, soft and powerful: (Darkly, you draw me) Doom and bliss are both as one. Naughty not nasty - Nasty is ugly, nice is nice, But naughty… is fun… Yeah, naughty is best. Nicely or naughty - Naughty is best. Naughty, naughty, Naughty is best. Waking up at midnight: There’s a clawed monster in my bed, Unleashed, going bump in the night. And on the menu: My life in her hands, Doing what she has to do. She bit me hard; She left her mark; And now I’m naughty. I’m so naughty, Because naughty is best. Naughty, naughty, Naughty is best.
Sweet Salvation
Had some time, had some life, had some fun, and tried to put out some. Love has met me and love has left me - When I’m done, what will come? When I’m done dying, lay my head on the ground; And there’s a simple sign, that I ain’t coming back: I’ll be six feet under ground. Sweet salvation – you know you will be mine; Sweet salvation – you know it’s been a long time. I looked back at those shining eyes - They said: “Listen. Yeah, listen well: Simple things still left to learn, Live your life, Wait your turn.” I asked them, “how, how can I know?” When I’m done dying, lay my head on the ground; And there’s a simple sign, that I ain’t coming back: I’ll be six feet under ground. Sweet salvation – you know you will be mine; Sweet salvation – you know it’s been a long time. “Not yet, go back; see you another time, Soon.” Sweet salvation…
Come Take It All
My bruises glow red hot; My bruises glow red hot; Love me hard or love me not. In time all things come back, Like a spinning wheel - It turns back to where we begin; Read the warning: “Beware!” Do you dare? What do you want from me? Do you want my sin? Do you feel my meaning? It’s where I’ve been; It’s where you’ve been; It’s sweat all over me. I can be what you want to see; I can be big or I can be small - Your choice, come take it all. Come take it all, Come take it all, all, all. Your choice for more poison; I can pretend to be what you hope to see - But what you need is so much more: Be who you are. What do you serve? You receive what you give and get what you deserve; In time, you lose what you steal - Sapped by illusion, dead by exhaustion, Self-gratified, but never satisfied. What do you want from me? Do you want my sin? Do you feel my meaning? It’s where I’ve been; It’s where you’ve been; It’s sweat all over me. I can be what you want to see; I can be big or I can be small - Your choice, come take it all. Come take it all, Come take it all, Come take it all, all, all. What you give comes back to you - Take only when you give your all. Come take it all, Come take it all, Come take it all, all, all, all. What you give comes back to you - So what do you want from me? If you want it all: Come take it all, Come take it all, all, all. Come take it all, come take it all. What do you really need? If you want it all: Come take it all, Come take it all, all, all, all. Come take it all, come take it all…
Out of Your Cage
Late at night in your bed, too tired to sleep, replaying the whole day in my head - Even though you smile, you look at me like you want me dead. Something lingers in the shadows, a distant echo of your voice numbs the air, stirs the nothing; Nothing of nothing: No love, no pain, the numbness again. Out of your cage, Today’s the day I get away; Russian roulette’s not over yet - No risk when I’m already dead. Out of your cage. You hate me now the lock is broken… Time’s up! I’ve had my little hour. But you left me there years ago, as time dripped through the cracks, stuffed and stuck in glue. I escape now to see a sunrise… I want to feel, to feel how I want to feel - To feel my heart beating under a stone. Out of your cage, Today’s the day I get away; Russian roulette’s not over yet - No risk when I’m already dead. Out of your cage - No risk, I’m already dead; I’m already dead. Don’t ask me to plead guilty - Sweat lost in a bottle for cage treats. Not gonna do it no more, Enslaved to a shallow grave. Live or die trying… Live or die trying… Live or die trying. Today’s the day I get away; Today, today I get away - Today! Another day in your bed, Always too tired to sleep, Replaying last night in my head - Even though I smile I feel like I am sleep-talking dead. Something lingers in the shadows: A distant echo of my voice, Numbs the air, stirs the nothing - Nothing of nothing; No love and no pain, The numbness again. Out of your cage, Today’s the day I get away; Russian roulette’s not over yet - No risk when I’m already dead. Out of your cage - No risk, I’m already dead; I’m already dead. Today’s the day I get away… Today.
Do It
All things happen eventually, Slow then slower then fast and suddenly you appear from nowhere - The sparks light up everywhere. You and me, no time like this: One thousand miles starts with a kiss. One thousand miles starts suddenly - Surprise explodes into the air; Into a new day with you; Into one thousand miles for you. The slower the climb, the better the view - For you I’ll start the day (A new first step) With your kiss. One thousand miles starts with your first step, So do it, yeah just do it; Our journey starts right here, right now, So do it, yeah just do it; Start today, start now, start here, right now. One thousand miles - just do it; Yeah, we should do it: One thousand miles starts right now. So do it: A journey of one thousand miles starts with your kiss - So do it, with a kiss. Start each day (A new first step) With your kiss. One thousand miles starts with your first step, So do it, yeah just do it; Our journey starts right here, right now, So do it, yeah just do it; Start today, start now, start here, right now. One thousand miles - just do it; Yeah, we should do it: One thousand miles starts right now. So do it… Yeah, do it… We should Do it.
Growing Young
Everyone is crazy, everyone is sane - Different only by degrees. Anyone is pain, anyone is joy: All things are in all things. We were born, we will cry, we will laugh, And we will die. Our best is yet to come, Everyone is growing young. It takes some time to reach your prime - Don’t turn away, throw your hat in the ring, Just do your thing. Our best is yet to come, Everyone is growing young. Time is the great motivator to live now, not later; Whatever you’re doing, don’t stop, Give it another shot. Everyone is crazy, everyone is sane - Different only by degrees. Anyone is pain, anyone is joy: All things are in all things. Our best is yet to come, Everyone is growing young.
Fake Truth
Fake truth: The gift for you. Paint it gold; put it on your finger and make you sold - The yellow glare for the change of some new clothes. It’s just a natural lie for you, for some big faker, fake-faking you; Faking you, making news with lines to control you. Breaking everything we know is exhausting - Fake truth is same old news, Same old lies spun round for you: Lies, lies, same old lies. So boring, so give me truth; Give me truth, give me truth; Give me The truth, the truth… The Truth. There’s a better view: It’s called “truth”, baby, not aimed to confuse; Not the same old news sunk under mess and confusion, mistrust of the other - Obscuring, misdirecting the mayhem in Dystopian pandemonium. (The great sweaty fakery feeding the crazy-crazy fake-fake fakery.) Breaking everything we know is exhausting - Fake truth is same old news, Same old lies spun round for you: Lies, lies, same old lies. So boring, so give me truth; Give me truth, give me truth; Give me The truth, the truth… The Truth. The same old news is boring banal; Right now, now, now is the real thing - Not some fake sloganised lies, unknown unknowns, dull, impure (fake, fake, fake, fake, fake) fakery - Fake, fake, fake, fake, fake, fake, fake… Fake truth is same old news - Same old lies spun round for you; Spun round for you, for you to die in the lie caught faking you; Fake, faking you: Puny lies, same old lies, faking you.
Rob Walker 