in the high school gym I was amazed at all the things I saw
big bang tribes there roasting their deep fried dinosaur
facing fascist chants and guides
the gasping curious not taking sides
where bumbles watch while trying out their budding taste for war

I was dreaming I was dying
and I couldn't find the door
I was dreaming you were dreaming
we were waking up for more

sleep tight stay safe tonight from this random grisly slaughter
I've been curious about the cinematographer's daughter
corrupted moose killing caribou
at the concrete castle's commanding cue
camera toting tourists come to taste our tannic waters

I was dreaming it was raining
I would open up my eyes
I was dreaming you were crying
I kept waking to your sighs

prototype or archetype stop copyright the news
take twenty-seven syllables and line them up by twos
a carelessly chosen category
another pointless allegory
on this trip you'll mostly mourn the metamorphic blues

I didn't find the restless city enough to eat last night
but I thought I found her fifty dollars light
she unfolded in my hand a crumpled cocktail ticket
better redeem her now before this gets too wicked

I was dreaming it was raining
and I couldn't find the door
I was dreaming you were leaving
when you woke me up for more

I woke up this week all day with gently screaming clouds
sleeping light no I just dreamed them getting much too loud
freshly thawed fantastic thoughts
wrap them up so finely wrought
in my dream I called your name and we took these bastards down

I was dreaming... it was raining
I would open up in time
I was dreaming you were dreaming
and we woke up side by side

Written 11/29/04 as "Dinosaur Dreams", or something like that.
Heavily reworked in April 2021, dated 4/20/21 as "It Was Raining".