That Lovely Nightmare

Can't shake the 'dron
I could see myself thinking
Kept thinking of
(Ah)
All of those horrid things you laughed at
Kept thinking of
(Ah)
Corporal punishment for backstab
It takes me so long
To find a happy thought
But then oh
Everything is clear for a minute

That light still flickers even when I'm with you
Can I really never take it off?
You light the wick I liken it to a fuse
Can I really never take it off?
I wish you'd reach over to me and rip my mouth off

Last night I was dreaming of you
Your eyes scream, "say, come a little closer now"
That lovely nightmare

Thoughts fade corners come into view
You wanted to get back there but you don't know how
That lovely nightmare

In the right hand, the plagiarist dreams come and go
They fuck me around
In the left hand, a silhouette squeezing my toe
They want me to die

Am I right?
Am I wrong?
Is there nothing in this smog
That makes me cry?
That lovely nightmare

They took a left and then a right before they brought me to the room
They told me everything I didn't want to hear under the moon
How do I even know these people in the first place
And then they told me I could take it back if I could tell the truth
(You can't talk, you never could talk now)
My legs were shaking when they told me I could have another clue
(You can't talk, you never could talk now)
I couldn't tell you what they said, something with "birthday"
I didn't get it right, they turned me into bucket full of goo
Some hurdy-gurdy knocked me over, I spill all over the room
Nobody came to scoop me up until the sun came

Last night I was dreaming of you
(You can't talk, you never could talk now)
Your eyes scream, "say, come a little closer now"
(You can't talk, you never could talk now)
That lovely nightmare

When they say
(La la la la la la la)
Yeah they say
(La la la la la la la la la)
Well they say
(La la la la la la la)
Yeah they say
(La la la la la la la la la)
Yeah they say
(La la la la la la la)
Yeah they say
(La la la la la la la...)

I want you so much I do
I want you so much I do
It's true

Whoever you are
Behind that mask