Just a Dream copyright 2004 by Michelle Dockrey Dm Dancing girls and caribou and men who climb the wall Dm Am You never know whose dreams are yours, you wake among them all Dm Am Shadows, colors, crawling, flying, follow where you go Gm Am Dm You'll never be alone again, not since New Mexico The dreams of men came out to play for all the world to see But the accident that brought them out left just a few like me We few that whwne we dream a flame, the fire really burns We fewer still keep dreams inside so no one ever learns Chorus: G Dm Dreams can't hurt you, that's what parents used to say C But they changed the world forever in New Mexico that day Dm No one lived to tell the story of the vanished research team Am All that's left to tell the tale is just a dream, just a dream Dm Am Dm All that's left of them is just a dream The bats are mine, the faces too, I know which come from me I look for all the artifacts that no one else can see When you can dream a meal, a woman, real without a doubt You hold your dreams and hold your breath and hope they don't find out The paper headlines rise to claim the dead & nightmare-scarred Sometimes someone dreams too real, or someone dreams too hard When hands can bleed and houses burn, when dreaming goes astray They come for you, they send you north, for safety so they say Dreams can't hurt you, that's what parents used to say But they changed the world forever in New Mexico that day No one sleeps and no one wakens, no one's ever what they seem And the one you thought you knew was just a dream, just a dream Yes the one you knew was just a dream Bridge: Am Dm The television static shadows horns behind its glare Am Dm The magnets on the fridge have changed and all spell out "beware" Gm Dm Some days you can't escape your dreams, some days you can't quite wake Gm But though the ringing is insistent And the anger growing louder A I am sure the voice is only in my mind The rain is falling inside and the carpet's getting wet But I'm sure I'm only tired and control's not failed me yet I wake from dreams of monsters caged and raging horn and claw To the grim, official knocking of the agents of the law They ask if I know anyone with hyperlucid dreams They ask if I've been home alone, and did I hear the screams? They say that I'm the only one alive in building three They say they've got the dream contained and now they've come for me Dreams can't hurt you, that's what parents used to say But they changed the world forever in New Mexico that day Someone else's dream can bite you, you imagine that you scream But the pain you feel is still just a dream, just a dream Yes the pain you feel is just a dream