a glimmer of the unreality we live in
exploring the multiverses sound by sound and word by word
Story behind the song
an amalgam of war stories, lies and regrets. or not
Lyrics
put the ashes in the wastecan from the letter i never sent
that told the truth of everything from spies to troop movements
never dreamed that i could find the strength to turn myself back in
from the world i'd hoped for, the one that might have been
watered down the whiskey for what seems the tenth time now
imagined the air raid sirens, arm patches and the crowds
burnt them all with that cigar i'd been savouring with my gin
drowned the world i'd hoped for, the one that might have been
a different path to follow, one where life would begin
one with her hand in mine, the one that might have been
smoke rises to hereafter like prayers i've never said
asking for forgiveness for all the things i've did
never wanted to be anyone, never had that chance to win
the world that i have dreamed of, the one that might have been
sun's rising in the west, i know those dreams are lost
the ever present tallying, enamoured in the cost
dealers need their junkies, that's where we all fit in
not in the world i'd dreamed of, the one that might have been
a different path to follow, one where life would begin
one with her hand in mine, the one that might have been
