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