I dreamed your face again, upended, dark
But I can't seem to conjure a cure
And sometimes my hands forget how far you are
When they fight for to save something pure
But Lord, they keep losing for sure
And I dreamed a little boy, lost in your arms
Couldn't call out to guide him back home
Maybe I'm selfish, God, maybe I'm scarred
I just can't up and hide what I know
And I can't seem to find what you've shown
And I dreamed we were alive, both of us whole
While I wrestled with dogs big and red
I asked, "how deep is misery, how long this road?"
Oh, darling, you know what I meant
But you haven't answered me yet
And I dreamed a bitter man, hollow and cold
He went wandering through walls like a ghost
And what he would give to have someone to hold
But his heart doesn't know what to know
So now he just lives through the phone
And I dreamed surrounded by something I'd missed
As I scratched off your names on my wall
I remember those summers, that habit, a kiss
But I can't seem to pick up their call
And I can't help but break my own fall
And I dreamed we were alive, mortal and kin!
And we swam through a sea, a dark host!
And we kicked at the ashtrails, and shut out the wind
Oh, we put on one hell of a show
Till a man came to call you back home
And I dreamed we were alive, you were the sky
And my father, he knelt on your bones
"Oh, let him seek truth, him who wanders at night!"
Then I hushed him and hung up the phone