REM Sleep Lyrics

Last night my whole life passed before my eyes

I'm not sure that I really liked just what I saw

Death was dressed in some kind of disguise

Something strange was growing in his jaw

Horses in a field began to neigh

While serpents slithered backwards through the clay

A storm blew in and tempted me to think

I guess I should have had another drink

Or so they say

It's the only means I have, it seems, to keep these dreams and nightmares away

Tortured skies and insulated hearts

Nurses eying patients through their charts

Fantasies unraveling like twine

The doctor takes a break to check the line

Symptoms of incurable disease

The odds are that he's going to up and leave

A storm blew in and tempted me to fear

I guess I should have had another beer

And lost my mind

It's the only means I have, it seems, to keep these dreams and nightmares off the line

An ancient house, a wet Midwestern field

Dripping blood from painted walls revealed

Musty rooms and half-lit bedroom mirrors

Closets damp with photographs and tears

Patients still oblivious and numb

Shuffling by while chewing on their gum

Portions of their lives had been erased

I guess I should have worn my other face

'Cause it appears, that

That's the only means I have, it seems, to keep these dreams and nightmares out of here