it's been a long day/smoked a joint at lunch/8 hours longer than before/but everybody's gotta have their crotch/to keep their heart from kissing the floorboards/once the training wheels of childhood are rolled away.

it's been a harsh winter/moved my ass up north/it lasted longer than before/but everybody's gotta have their dream/to keep their compass needle forward/when their nightmares take their shape and take centre stage.

so: save me from my nightmares
no! help me face them with a courage unknown to me previously

i'm gonna shine a light on my dark dreams
make friends with the ghosts hiding inside of me

because everyone has got to look themselves right in the eye/and its up to them to decide what they see in the mirror's highlights

had another sleepless night/spent it on a bus to meet an old/girlfriend at the airport/in my mind i was expecting to feel the same old rapport/but i was just setting myself up for heartbreak.

you know that you will always change, you must expect the same of others: your mom your dad, your friends, your cat, and all your former lovers

so don't save me from my nightmares
no i must face them with a courage
that's always been
inside of me

i'm gonna shine a light on all my dark dreams
when all the hidden spaces are revealed
then i can
then i'll go to sleep