The Nightmare

G G G G (keyboard plays D C, B, A Am Dm F G Thrown down through the arms of sleep she fell through the Am Dm ivory morning F G F Am G Deep into the waters of the one she called love F Am G She paled in the wake of what some call a dream G Am Dm But, you cannot know a dream till you've known the nightmare F G When I stood with you against the storm and I tried Am Dm F G I tried once again well, I said, "I'd like to leave you with something warm" Am Dm F G How many times, drowning in the sea, drowning F Am G F That was when the dream took her prisoner Am G Eb Gm And she knew the dream was over but F Eb Gm F But, the nightmare was not over G Still some call that a dream Am Dm F G Well, you cannot know a dream when you turn away Am Dm You don't know you'll never care F G The night is not your friend and you have not had her Am Dm well when the nightmare ends F G But, you never understand F Am G When you're gone F Am G She wakes up calling out, Eb Gm F Eb Gm F oohh, calling out, as children may cry as she will G Am G Eb Anytime, oh, anywhere, blinded by the light of the day Gm F She has known the nightmare G G Am Dm F G Am Dm So about the moon and her sisters how dare he take them prisoner F G Am Dm Well, if she had flung out her heart against him when in all of her wisdom F G Oh, well that was a mystery F Am G F That was when the dream took her prisoner Am G Eb Gm And she knew the dream was over but F Eb Gm F well the nightmare was not over F Am G well somewhere in her ancient ways F Am G She walks through the night Eb Gm F And then she tries to get through the day F G Some will never know or share any kind of dream G Am Dm F G The nightmare, this is not the world, this is not the world Am Dm F G The nightmare, this is not the world, this is not the world Am Dm F G The nightmare, this is not the world, this is not the world Am Dm F G The nightmare, this is not the world, this is not the world Eb F She wants him to fight... anytime, anywhere whe wants him to stand up G She wants him to win G G G Blinded by the light of the day...