the dream and the light

a limousine

to the infusion suite

down a rainy street

early dawn

eyes that sweep

skin that feels

and the swish of wheels

and the radio

all the feeling we shared on the car ride

all the fear that was there on the other side

all the souls that were spared

oh

and those that we left out to die

you fell from the nest

in a suicide vest

they tapped a decree

from their side of the screen

it's father's day

for the father in me

oh

bachelor prince

oh

brain on two feet

oh

master of wandering meat

all ghost-faced in oxidised green

increasingly inward-involved

and cut off from the scene

and you call through the copper

leak through a slug in your lung

the day wasted away

tv sang its lonely song

our dream was born dead

we thought it was shared

we thought that it ran

laughing 'cross the beach

lit by shine of the sea

made for you and for me

ah

but we were deceived

because what was the dream?

it was wired to explode in the city square

it was drugs they dropped into your drink

it was trade

it was doubt

it was never about what you think

and we walked through the ballpark

all the fans were going home

the night breathed like a dream

the air sung like a song

raised from the dead

in the benz back seat

i encountered the magazine king

he was wearing that old high school ring

ah

to see the aggressor with clarity

in the early-morning obliviated light

ah

to hear his confederates whisper

just don't even fight"