[Verse 1] You showed up in sleep With ink on your sleeve Turned one page too far And looked back at me Your smile was borrowed From a line I knew I kept tracing your face Like a secret clue [Pre-Chorus] I don't know your name But I know that shape The way you vanish When I wake [Chorus] Look so much better in my dreams (fade away, fade away, fade away) Look so much better in my dreams Boy, don't leave me halfway A dream boy A dream boy Boy from a book [Verse 2] You lean on the door Of a room I made Paper on your collar Fingertips in gray I try to hold you You turn to smoke Every time I reach out You slip through the joke [Pre-Chorus] I don't know your name But I know that shape The way you vanish When I wake [Chorus] Look so much better in my dreams (fade away, fade away, fade away) Look so much better in my dreams Boy, don't leave me halfway A dream boy A dream boy Boy from a book [Bridge] If I wrote you down Would you stay awhile Or fall through the margins With that crooked smile? One more night One more page Let me keep you Till morning breaks [Final Chorus] Look so much better in my dreams (fade away, fade away, fade away) Look so much better in my dreams Boy, don't leave me halfway A dream boy A dream boy Boy from a book
