The Nightmare

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(keyboard plays D, C, B, A)
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[Verse 1]
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Thrown down through the arms of sleep she fell through the
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ivory morning
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Deep into the waters of the one she called love
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She paled in the wake of what some call a dream
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But, you cannot know a dream till you've known the nightmare

{Verse 2]
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When I stood with you against the storm and I tried
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I tried once again well, I said, "I'd like to leave you with something warm"
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How many times, drowning in the sea, drowning
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That was when the dream took her prisoner
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And she knew the dream was over but
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But, the nightmare was not over
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Still some call that a dream

[Verse 3]
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Well, you cannot know a dream when you turn away
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You don't know you'll never care
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The night is not your friend and you have not had her
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well when the nightmare ends
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But, you never understand
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When you're gone
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She wakes up     calling out,
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oohh, calling out, as children may cry as she will

[Bridge]
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Anytime, oh, anywhere, blinded by the light of the day
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She has known the nightmare
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[Verse 4]
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So about the moon and her sisters how dare he take them prisoner
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Well, if she had flung out her heart against him when in all of her wisdom
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Oh, well that was a mystery
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That was when the dream took her prisoner
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And she knew the dream was over but
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well the nightmare was not over
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well somewhere in her ancient ways
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She walks through the night
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And then she tries to get through the day
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Some will never know or share any kind of dream
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[Verse 5]
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The nightmare, this is not the world, this is not the world
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The nightmare, this is not the world, this is not the world
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The nightmare, this is not the world, this is not the world
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The nightmare, this is not the world, this is not the world

[Bridge 2]
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She wants him to fight... anytime, anywhere whe wants him to stand up
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She wants him to win
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[Outro]
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Blinded by the light of the day...