{I keep having dreams}

I keep having dreams...



LYRICS:
keep having dreams
of pioneers and pirate ships,
and bob dylan
and people wrapped up tight in the things that will kill them
being trapped in a ship plunging straight to the bottom
open seas, and waves and a life we’ve forgotten
i keep having dreams

amy works in a bar in essex
i went back to her house and i sat beside her
she woke up screaming in the middle of the night
terrified of her own insides
with dreams of pirate ships and patty hurst
breaking through?
a life unrehersed
she can’t remember which came first
the house or the home?
or the terrible thirst
shes still having dreams

and on the worst days
when it feels like life weighs ten thousand tons
she’s got her cowboy boots on
and her car keys on the bedstand
so she can always run
she can get up shower
and in half an hour she’d be gone

keep having dreams of things i need to do
im waking up and falling through
but it feels like i havent slept at all
when i wait in silence?
and she’s facing the wall
with posters of dylan and of hemmingway
an antique compas or a sailors escape?
she says you just can’t live that way
and i close my eyes and i do not say
i’m still having dreams

and on the worst days
when it feels like life weighs ten thousand tons
i sleep with my passport one eye on the backdoor
so i can always run
i can get up shower
and in half an hour i’d be gone



as long as i can always escape,
i know i’ll be fine
as long as i can always escape,
i can sleep, i can dream
im still having dreams,
still having dreams