In A Dream It Seemed Real

from A Sleep & A Forgetting by Islands

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lyrics

open up your door for me
and let me in
oh can't you see
how cold i am?

you remain there
unabated
and you refuse to let me lose you
only when i sleep i do

and the sounds forming words
from the wellspring of concern
while my boat in that ocean turned
on the hull i watched the city burn
in a dream
in a dream
in a dream
it seemed real

even in the dream i cried
i'm a giveaway
i could never hide
all the sadness inside

blue
what a funny colour to colour you
love is hard to hold onto
only when i sleep i do

and the sounds forming words
from the wellspring of concern
while my boat in that ocean, turned
on the hull i watched the city burn
in a dream
in a dream
in a dream
it seemed real

credits

from A Sleep & A Forgetting, released February 14, 2012
Nick: vocals, guitar
Geordie: wurlitzer piano, casiotone, piano, violin
Evan: bass
Luc: drums, percussion

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Islands Los Angeles, California

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Glasgow, UK
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Headrow House

Leeds, UK
Apr 23

The Shacklewell Arms

London, UK
Apr 24

Dust

Brighton, UK
Apr 27

The Workman's Cellar

Dublin, Ireland
Apr 28

Prim's Bookshop

Cork, Ireland
May 3

8mm Bar

Berlin, Germany

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