NIGHTMARE Lyrics

Let me check a few dates

Let me see what it takes

Get ahold of yourself

Can't get there without the chase

I came home for some help

On my own in some place

All alone, by myself

But I know it's okay

Gotta make our own time

Spend it only when I say

I know you is gonna fly

Even if it's far away

But I will be here when it's time

Time is funny isn't she

Let me know what happens next

Cuz I can't ever seem to see

I've had this nightmare

Since I've been a little kid

I was trapped inside a basement

In an old house that I lived

There was this one set of stairs

That led up right into the crib

But every time I tried to climb em'

They would fall, and then I slid

I slid right into the darkness

Dark forces

Dark figures

Dark silence

And I couldn't speak I couldn't fight it

I was caught by something more than me

It told be really honestly

It told me to be proud of what I am

And what I'm trying to be

I think about that dream a lot

I think of what it was that caught me

I think a lot of times it haunts me

Still, to this day, I'm sorry

I didn't know what all you taught me

I forgot the lessons hidden secretly

Inside of all our insecurities

And maybe, just maybe, I won't think it's fucking crazy

Next time I see a dream of mine reoccur daily

And I'll listen, I will listen to things it's really saying

I won't write it off, and just label it what it isn't

Let me check a few dates

Let me see what it takes

Get ahold of yourself

Can't get there without the chase

I came home for some help

On my own in some place

All alone, by myself

But I know it's okay

Gotta make our own time

Spend it only when I say

I know you is gonna fly

Even if it's far away

But I will be here when it's time

Time is funny isn't she

Let me know what happens next

Cuz I can't ever seem to see

It's a new motion

Time is really frozen

It's a cold world outside even if it's not snowing

Can I hold it for awhile

if you're gonna leave it open

I miss the sound of your smile

And the smell of your roses

Big file, open wide, with tons of different postage

Sent all around the world

Just to find out what was stolen

It never could be located

It never seemed to be protected

Call on the ghost who's eyes wandered when his soul left him

I could build him up a case

Bring him all the way to court

Just so you could see his face

I could tell the judge to turn around

And see him when he shakes

Meanwhile half of y'all

Even in the crowd, didn't blink

I can't believe it's happening

The time has come for reckoning

I'm looking at myself

Like I didn't even plan this thing

But I am the mastermind of my own sentencing

And I control what is ontrac with my destiny

Let me check a few dates

Let me see what it takes

Get ahold of yourself

Can't get there without the chase

I came home for some help

On my own in some place

All alone, by myself

But I know it's okay

Gotta make our own time

Spend it only when I say

I know you is gonna fly

Even if it's far away

But I will be here when it's time

Time is funny isn't she

Let me know what happens next

Cuz I can't ever seem to see

Let me check just in case

Let me find my own way

Get to know what is left

I know today is my day

All my cards are in deck

Feel the rain on my face

Let it wash away the mess

I won't be in my way

Gotta make our own time

Spend it only when I say

I know you is gonna fly

Even if it's far away

But I will be here when it's time

Time is funny isn't she

Let me know what happens next

Cuz I can't ever seem to see