Dead Can Dance:American Dreaming

“American Dreaming”
Artist:	Dead Can Dance
Albums:	Toward the Within (1994)

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
Fear long 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 leave alone by the shores
Feel alone in the brands of rapturous
Leave alone for the loss

Yeah-ee, on the lea the rising wind blows
Fay-hee, on the lea the rising wind blows
How long how long?

Here alone in the grounds of allegiances
We've left behind
Turned round 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
Fear long 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?