Violent Dreams

Composer: Jay Clifford

 

Studio Recordings: Magazine Sessions
Releases: Magazine / Live at the Music Farm
Tablature: Tablature Archive
First Performance: Fall 1997
Song Information: Written by Jay about his sister, who was very ill for a while (yes, she has since recovered).
Lyrical Transcription: Official lyrics from Magazine liner notes

Violent dreams
Every night
Lately I've been waking out of urgency
Something I said
Something I did
Is bringing on this violent emergency
One black day in ghostly white
For just another sleepless night

One more day
I'm always taking the dive
All it takes
Is all I can give
All my waking hours just to see you live
Through this sleepless night

Violent dreams
Every night
Patiently waiting in the waiting room
Hospital white
Hospital lights
Burning an unbearable fluorescent gloom
Still with both my eyes shut tight
It's just another sleepless night

One more day
I'm always taking the dive
All it takes
Is all I can give
All my waking hours just to see you live

You behind closed eyes
Behind closed doors
"First thing tomorrow"
Someone said
She's hanging by a needle and a thread

Violent dreams
Every night
Turning empty pages of old magazines
Turning instead
Of turning in bed
Turning off the static on the T.V. screen
In the vending machine light
It's just another sleepless night