Dead Can Dance - American Dreaming

I need my conscience to keep watch over me
To protect me from myself
So I can wear honesty like a crown on my head
When I walk into the promised land
We've been too long American dreaming
And I think we've all lost the way
Forlorn somnambulistic maniacal in the dark
I'm in love with an American girl
Though she's my best friend
I love her surreptitious smile
That hides the pain within her
And we'll go dancing in the rings of laughter
And live along by the shores
???
Yeah-ee, on the lea the rising wind blows
Fay-hee, on the lea the rising wind blows
How long how long?
??? in the grounds of ??? we've left behind
Turned back by the foot of the doorway
Never lost and found
We've been too long American dreaming
I think we've all lost the heart
??? somnambulistic maniacal in the dark
Yeah-ee, on the lea the rising wind blows
Fay-hee, on the lea the rising wind blows
How long how long?

Dead Can Dance - The carnival is over

 

 

Outside

The storm clouds gathering,

Moved silently along the dusty boulevard.

Where flowers turning crane their fragile necks

So they can in turn

Reach up and kiss the sky.

They are driven by a strange desire

Unseen by the human eye

Someone is calling.

I remember when you held my hand

In the park we would play when the circus came to town.

Look! Over here.

Outside

The circus gathering

Moved silently along the rainswept boulevard.

The procession moved on the shouting is over

The fabulous freaks are leaving town.

They are driven by a strange desire

Unseen by the human eye.

The carinval is over.

We sat and watched

As the moon rose again

For the very first time.