Nightmare
	Clif Flynt Copyright 1983

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Softly your dreams call, they whisper at nightfall,
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"Come, let us lead   you    a    -     way"
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Softly they call you, their voices enthrall you,
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"Forget all your cares of the day".
       
And softly you greet them, your eyes close you meet them.
Soon you will be on your way.
On dream steed you'll travel, your cares will unravel,
Your worries will all fade away.
       
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And they whisper they'll show you laughter.
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And they sing they can show you the way.
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Now, go where they take you, they will not forsake you.
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Until the long night fades away.
       
Show them your goals then, and let your dreams hold them.
They whisper they'll grant all you will.
Their land so enchanted, each wish will be granted.
The smallest of whim's be fulfilled.
       
A vision takes form now, a dreamscape is born now.
A land that is built by your dreams.
And hear you'll find pleasure, adventure and treasure,
A lifetime that glitters and gleams.
       
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And they whisper they'll show you laughter.
And they sing they can show you the way.
If go there you must then you know you must trust them,
Until the long night slips away.
       
The goals you have strived for are beings alive, for
In dreams anything can be real.
They laugh and they haunt you. Their dancing will taunt you
To follow through forest and field.
       
But echos of laughter are all you sought after.
You're lost now, alone and afraid.
The fields fill with briars, the forests are mires,
And the wind whispers "You've been betrayed".
       
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(yet)They whispered they'd show you laughter.
They sing they can show you the way.
And now while you're sleeping, your souls in their keeping
Until the long night slips away.
       
The green hills are black now, your visions come back now,
With screams that are sharper than steel.
Like black wolves they hound you, their howling surrounds you,
As thick as the fear that you feel.
       
You stumble away now, you pray for the day now.
For morning will set your soul free.
You'll wake from your dreams then, but now that you've seen them
Forever within you they'll be.
       
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And they whispered they'd show you laughter,
And they laughed as you shivered in fear.
You wake from your dreaming, you can't stop that screaming.
This night-time will not disappear.