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Waiting for a Dream Lyrics
Waiting for the present, for the present to pass
Waiting for a dream to last
You are not my lover, and you never will be
'Cause you've never done anything to hurt me
There's a fire in the priory
And it's ruining this cocktail party
Yesterday I heard they cloned a baby
Now can I finally sleep with me?
Diving through the rising, through the rising waves of night
Keeping a reflection of you in hindsight
But in turning back the brackish waters will not reflect you
After you have turned the color black of death or something like that
There's a fire in the priory
And it's ruining this cocktail party
Yesterday I heard the plague is coming
Once again, to find me
There's a fire in the priory
And an ogre in the oval office
Once again we all will be so broken
Now can I finally sleep again?
Waiting for a dream to last
You are not my lover, and you never will be
'Cause you've never done anything to hurt me
And it's ruining this cocktail party
Yesterday I heard they cloned a baby
Now can I finally sleep with me?
Keeping a reflection of you in hindsight
But in turning back the brackish waters will not reflect you
After you have turned the color black of death or something like that
And it's ruining this cocktail party
Yesterday I heard the plague is coming
Once again, to find me
And an ogre in the oval office
Once again we all will be so broken
Now can I finally sleep again?
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one of my favorites from Want Two.
This is by far my favorite Rufus song. The lyrics are pretty self explanitory.
stunning. such pretty piano. and i love the line "there's a fire in the priory and it's ruining this cocktail party". genius.
In the words of Rufus himself: "It's about the screwed-up world we live in, and how surreal it is, and how everything's gonna be awful in the future [cute laugh]".