[Start] [Intro] [Verse 1] I woke up at a quarter past three With somebody breathing next to me The bed was cold, the sheets were torn And every clock said yesterday’s morn Down in the kitchen, the radio played A song my mother sang beside her grave I heard my wife call out my name But she died last October in the rain [Pre-Chorus] The hallway stretched another mile Her photograph began to smile Then three slow knocks came through the door From someone who’d been here before [Chorus] I’m living in the nightmare Where the dead don’t stay asleep Every shadow knows my secrets Every wall has eyes that weep I’m running from the darkness But the darkness knows my name I’m living in the nightmare And the nightmare feels the same [Electric Guitar Solo] [Verse 2] I pulled the curtain from the glass Saw my own reflection standing in the grass Same old coat, same scarred-up hand Holding something buried in the sand He raised his head and looked at me Said, “You ain’t where you’re supposed to be” He held a photograph against the light Of a wrecked black car on a rainy night [Pre-Chorus] I knew that road, I knew that bend I knew the place where headlights end He touched the glass and whispered low “There’s something you deserve to know” [Chorus] I’m living in the nightmare Where the dead don’t stay asleep Every shadow knows my secrets Every wall has eyes that weep I’m running from the darkness But the darkness knows my name I’m living in the nightmare And the nightmare feels the same [Instrumental] [Verse 3] I found the keys beside the chair A muddy coat was hanging there The newspaper lay upon the floor With my own face from the year before “One man missing,” the headline read “One woman found among the dead” I heard the staircase start to groan And somebody upstairs answered my phone [Bridge] [Spoken Male] “Hello?” [Female Voice] “You promised you’d come back for me.” [Spoken Male] “Where are you?” [Female Voice] “Where you’ve always been.” [Electric Guitar Solo] [Verse 4] I ran outside into the rain And saw the highway through the windowpane A thousand headlights passed me by But every driver had my eyes The man I’d seen was standing there With broken glass caught in his hair He pointed toward the house behind And said, “You’re the one she left inside” [Pre-Chorus] The front door opened on its own The radio played a funeral song I turned to run, but underneath The ground was moving with my feet [Chorus] I’m living in the nightmare Where the dead don’t stay asleep Every shadow knows my secrets Every wall has eyes that weep I’m running from the darkness But the darkness knows my name I’m living in the nightmare And the nightmare feels the same [Instrumental] [Final Verse] I woke up at a quarter past three With somebody breathing next to me My wife was sleeping by my side I touched her hand and nearly cried She opened up her eyes and smiled Said, “You’ve been dreaming for a while” Then from the hallway came a sound Three slow knocks that shook the ground I heard my own voice from outside Saying, “Darling, let me in tonight” She turned to me, her face gone white And whispered, “Which one died that night?” [Final Chorus] We’re living in the nightmare Where the dead don’t stay asleep Every shadow knows our secrets Every wall has eyes that weep There’s nowhere left to run now And no morning left to claim We’re living in the nightmare And the nightmare knows our names [Hard Stop] [End]
