Dreams of Oblivion

Dreams of oblivion haunt my sleepless nights
Breaking an ocean, bending darkness and light
And when I wake in the morning the fear does too
If it hasn't been at me the whole night through
It's the terror that comes from telling myself
The world's gonna end somewhere else

Dreams of oblivion haunt my waking thoughts
Soft resignation, hard to change or turn off
We feel for each other as we straddle the fence
Or empty our lungs when there's no consequence
We sink ourselves deeper, ensnared in the trap
Of putting this place on the map

We're going backward because we're tired of going nowhere

Dreams of oblivion, pictures of faceless men
Driven by forces that may or may not come from within
When anonymous visions of divisions appear
Commanded by men with the grim reaper's ear
They're not coming for you, get a hold of yourself
The world's gonna end somewhere else

No path leads away from what's happening to us now
It's not our place to do less than endure

Dreams of oblivion haunt my sleepless nights
And when everything's gone and they tell me the news
I'll be back in my laboratory lighting the fuse
Now that history's over and the future is here
The world can slowly disappear