Sleep That Burns

Nelson
A brass band is playing, rehearsing its thrills,
All half-moon and cloudy, all golden and shrill . . .
Ive got a sleep that burns . . . a sleep that burns . . .
Got a sleep that burns all night.
Im locked in your dark world
where hearts hold the keys,
Half-opened, enchanted, half-truth and half dreams . . .
Ive got a sleep that burns . . . a sleep that burns . . .
Got a sleep that burns all night.
Im sitting in a cafe in paradise . . .
Naked as a razor, Im as loaded as a dice . . .
The waitresses all ask me for my price,
I laugh and say Im leaving and this is only dreaming,
So hold me while Im screaming . . .
Now . . . ! Is the moment of truth . . .
Your youth is a mask but its not made to last
For we all have a past to out run
when the mask comes undone
And we race on and on
through the fiery portals of hell . . . !
Go and tell all your friends
that youve witnessed the end
of the world in a dream . . .
The night winds are howling . . . seducing the trees,
I wake in a cold sweat
with the sheets round my knees . . .
Ive got a sleep that burns . . . a sleep that burns . . .
Got a sleep that burns all night.
I lay in the darkness with visionless eyes . . .
Exhausted and reeling . . . all heartbeats and sighs . . .
But the sleep still burns, yes, the sleep still burns,
Got a sleep that burns all night . . .
(sleep is coming, dont you worry . . .)