Wildlife In America Lyrics - Jet Plane And Oxbow - Shearwater

Back before 

Back in our school days 

You were wild-eyed 

Before the damage was done 

You tasted that fear in your mouth on Sundays 

But you know 

You know it's not living 

When the wildfires 

Were burning out on the lawn 

You held your arms out 

Primed for the ready line 

With your crusader cross 

And your small-dose amphetamine 

Gunning for the hours when the sparks rain down 

But you can't remember 

Which was the last war 

Or who it is now 

When every shadow is a Saladin 

Look at me 

You must be dreaming 

We must be dreaming 

Now they've gone, 

Scaled up and on the roads 

They roll their heavy ranks over 

With an ancient song: 

"Stay away from old thoughts 

Old doubts and old feelings." 

But keeping it so far down isn't easy 

And you know it's too late 

Late for a last war 

And it's too late 

To back out of (your) real life 

Into firelight 

You must be dreaming 

We must be dreaming 

Billy's in position 

He's rolling into town 

Kicking in the doors 

That fucker's never coming down 

You feel the slightest murmuration 

A shiver in the heat 

Skinny dogs and safety glass that's shattered in the street 

It looks like diamonds 

You must be dreaming 

We must be dreaming 

You've got your mother's eyes 

You've got your father's heart 

Look what it did to him