Dust

(album: Death And Progress - 1993)

I've tried believing even tried cheating myself of almost everything
Just to fashion reason out of what must have been nothing at all
Now I can't when exactly I saw through the darkness
And into the light fantastic as it was it was cool and bright
Like on a steely night of shadows still far from home

When I came round
I saw myself on a merry go round
With my heart on the ground
And there I see the rains coming down
To wash away the dream we found
Lying there for all to see
In the dust of memories
Where the rain beats down
To wash away the dream we found
Now there's nothing left for me
But you can set me free

I won't believe ya neither deceive ya when you say we gotta carry on
'Cos I know the dream is over the one we shared so long, too long
When we could have been getting on just being friends and not holding on to the past
Which is just sand
I guess we try to be strong if we have to belong
Just to get it done

But I was on the ground
Most of the time on a merry go round
Looking up, but going down
And there I see the rains coming down
To wash away the dream we found
Lying there for all to see
In the dust of memories
Where the rain come down
To wash away the dream we found
Now there's nothing left for me

Can you see?
You see the rain beat down
Rain come down

But what can we do with a thing like you
A heart with a hard on for ignorance
A child of fools
Where nothing rings true
In a myth that's cruel
Where I see the cross, you see the nail
Where you see the mystery, I see the failure

And it's bringing me down
I'm just a clown on a merry go round
Going down
I see the dreams falling down on the ground...

And it's the dream we found
Lying [?] on the ground
There for all to see
In the dust of memories
Where the rain beats down
To wash away the dream we found
A spider fingered vice
All sugar and spice

Running down my face
Feeling like black rain
Clawing under my skin
And running through my veins
Like a poison I must suck
Just to change my luck
Where the rain beats down
To wash away the dream we found

Rain beat down... down... rain beat down...
Rain beat down... dream come down...