Sweet Dream

from Tolerable Bliss by James Ösel Thorpe

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I’m giving rise to the dream of impossible height
telling lies to the devil so that I can do right
Got a taste for the flickering light
by the time I catch up you’re already out of sight /

You dissolve in the morning light
as the air comes alive in a blue delight
the indigo clouds know to call your name
pure beauty with a splash of pain

all I’m asking is for a little belief
a house of mirrors never lets me see
we can go to infinity
but it hurts too good to be asleep

You were just a sweet dream gone with the day
something lingering that fades away
you were just a sweet dream gone with the sun
the closer I get, the faster you run

You’re easy on the eyes like you’re hard on the heart
things come together baby things fall apart
I’ll walk away when the time is right
but for now I’ve got the sense to stay and fight

Fantasy fades like a breath in the wind
back right here to see where breath begins
its soft touch caressing your lips
sending chills to my fingertips

All the beauty and the misery are just the display
and only from falling asleep do I know now
that I am awake

You were just a sweet dream gone with the day
something lingering that fades away
you were just a sweet dream gone with the sun
the closer I get, the faster you run

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from Tolerable Bliss, released January 24, 2015

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