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Had a Dream (Sleeping With the Enemy) Lyrics
(Voices lead up to a scream, followed by a thunderclap)
Had a dream
I was born
Took me naked in the eye of the storm
And now it's standing right in front of me
What's it gonna do to me?
Who knows?
Had a dream
It was time
To be taken to the front of a line
Well, that is not a place you want to be
Sleeping with the enemy
You know
I don't care
What the future brings
Give a damn
About anything
I'd be fine
If they'd only leave me alone
But it's time
Gotta take a stance
'Cause I won't
Get a second chance
And I know
Now I have to make it alone
Had a dream
It was war
And they couldn't tell me what it was for
But it was something they could lie about
Something we could die about
You know
Anytime
Anyplace
When you look that man in the face
Well, it is not a face you want to see
Sleeping with the enemy
You know
Mary, can you hear me?
Can you tell me what it's all supposed to mean?
Holding out a photograph of all that I have seen
I wish I could hold you
I wish I could hold you
Had a dream
It was time
To be a witness at the scene of the crime
Well, that is something you can analyze
Something you can criticize
Who knows?
So we wait
Hesitate
And we're making such a mistake
Oh, whatever can the matter be?
Sleeping with the enemy
You know
I don't care
What the future brings
Give a damn
About anything
I'd be fine
If they'd only leave me alone
But it's time
Gotta take a stance
'Cause I won't
Get a second chance
And I know
Now I have to make it alone
But, you wanna know (Repeat 16 times)
I was born
Took me naked in the eye of the storm
And now it's standing right in front of me
What's it gonna do to me?
Who knows?
It was time
To be taken to the front of a line
Well, that is not a place you want to be
Sleeping with the enemy
You know
What the future brings
Give a damn
About anything
I'd be fine
If they'd only leave me alone
Gotta take a stance
'Cause I won't
Get a second chance
And I know
Now I have to make it alone
It was war
And they couldn't tell me what it was for
But it was something they could lie about
Something we could die about
You know
Anyplace
When you look that man in the face
Well, it is not a face you want to see
Sleeping with the enemy
You know
Can you tell me what it's all supposed to mean?
Holding out a photograph of all that I have seen
I wish I could hold you
I wish I could hold you
It was time
To be a witness at the scene of the crime
Well, that is something you can analyze
Something you can criticize
Who knows?
Hesitate
And we're making such a mistake
Oh, whatever can the matter be?
Sleeping with the enemy
You know
What the future brings
Give a damn
About anything
I'd be fine
If they'd only leave me alone
Gotta take a stance
'Cause I won't
Get a second chance
And I know
Now I have to make it alone
Song Info
Submitted by
kirbsta On Jun 09, 2006
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A dream of life (my apologies to Patty Smith). A dream of birth, growing up, and living in the world as it is (was).
And in the end, we all truly have to stand on our own: no one can make those stands for us.
I believe the correct lyric is "I'd Be Fine, if theyd only leave me alone..."
Thanks for the correction, Major Valor.
The lyric should be "to be naked in the eye of the storm".
The lyric should be "to be naked in the eye of the storm".
It is about a person who, although he has thought about the evils of the world, has shielded himself from it. He is pure and untouched by evil. Now, he has come face to face with it and wonders how it will effect him. It is time for him to face the realities of life and meet them head on. He blames the world for putting him in that position and wishes they would just "leave me alone". But,...
It is about a person who, although he has thought about the evils of the world, has shielded himself from it. He is pure and untouched by evil. Now, he has come face to face with it and wonders how it will effect him. It is time for him to face the realities of life and meet them head on. He blames the world for putting him in that position and wishes they would just "leave me alone". But, despite that, he knows he must face his fears and take an offensive against it. He feels that men fight wars without knowing why they're fighting them--they just fight. No one wants to face the fact that they may be fighting an unjust war.
The person in the song wants to go back to his love and for her to embrace him. He wants to forget all the problems of the world. Everyone, at sometime in their lives, will witness some type of injustice. You can analyze it, criticise it, but who is the real judge in the matter? No one seems to care or do anything about it. We just wait around watching the world crumble. The person feels that that is a great mistake. He feels we should take a stance and do something about it before it's too late. For those who don't, they're just sleeping with the enemy.