Oh wake me please when this is over,
oh when the ice has melted away
and a hunger returns;
I will be the same but older
and maybe twice the man that I thought I was.
Where have you been and what have you done?
I've been under the ground
eating prayers from this old book I found,
under the ground.
Saving it up and spending it all
on moving pictures, silent films,
moving pictures, silent films.
Oh is this the dream I've been saving?
Oh will the heart beat slower and slower?
To almost nothing, almost nothing, almost nothing.
I took it for love or at least something beautiful.
I'm there in the spotlight.
I turned around suddenly,
turned around denting
so the air was headlights.
And then the truth,
the truth was unbearable,
Oh and dimmer then,
bearing down all,
these two shadow animals:
come painting the dotted line,
come painting our dotted line
come painting the dotted line.
Where have you been and what have you done?
I've been under the ground
eating prayers from this old book I found,
under the ground.
Saving it up and spending it all
oh moving pictures, silent films,
moving pictures, silent films.
Oh wake me please when this is over, oh when the ice has melted away and a hunger returns; I will be the same but older and maybe twice the man that I thought I was.
Where have you been and what have you done? I've been under the ground eating prayers from this old book I found, under the ground. Saving it up and spending it all on moving pictures, silent films, moving pictures, silent films.
Oh is this the dream I've been saving? Oh will the heart beat slower and slower? To almost nothing, almost nothing, almost nothing.
I took it for love or at least something beautiful. I'm there in the spotlight. I turned around suddenly, turned around denting so the air was headlights. And then the truth, the truth was unbearable, Oh and dimmer then, bearing down all, these two shadow animals: come painting the dotted line, come painting our dotted line come painting the dotted line.
Where have you been and what have you done? I've been under the ground eating prayers from this old book I found, under the ground. Saving it up and spending it all oh moving pictures, silent films, moving pictures, silent films.