What Nightmares are Made Of

from Lieder ohne Worte (songs without words) by Immortal Machinery

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(In which a young woman, exiled from her community, visits her home town in secret)

(Violin Intro)

Silently I glide through streets familiar
the darkened pathways of my youth
With sunken eyes I watch him make his journey home
Oh father if you but knew the truth

I close my eyes and I am eighteen once again
For all the world alone but for the love you showed
I remember wind in face as I ran
I remember how it snowed

This what nightmares are made of
This is what nightmares do
This is what nightmares are made of
This is the price for a life of freedom with you

(Violin/Bass Solo)

This what nightmares are made of
This is what nightmares do
This is what nightmares are made of
This is the price for a life of freedom with you

He never turns around to meet my cold and weary eyes
A ghost in my home town, my memory tarnished by their lies
Honour forsaken, rejecting my kin
A crime unforgivable, cardinal sin

This what nightmares are made of
This is what nightmares do
This is what nightmares are made of
This is the price for a life of freedom with you

(Violin Outro)

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from Lieder ohne Worte (songs without words), released July 6, 2020

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