Clean sheets and blank books
Verse 1
She cries herself awake
In her dreams her life’s one big mistake
When she falls asleep she falls far
Away from me, away from us
I wish I could drift into her thoughts
While she’s sunken in sleep
She won’t even know I’m there
While I swim around and take a peek
Perhaps I’ll do more than just look
I might even rip a page from the book
The one that harbours our saddest days
The one that shows all my darkest ways
CHORUS
Can I start with an empty page? May I have a blank book?
Can we travel to the moment where the future stalled in a look?
Promise, potential, possibility and hope
Those are the chapters I sent up in smoke
Verse 2
I smile when I sink into sleep
In my dreams our love is warm and deep
As it is when my eyes are open
The last thing on my mind is defeat
You’re more than welcome to enter my mind
I bet you’d be happy with what you find
I won’t even know you’re inside
You tread lightly and know how to hide
But please only take a cursory look
I wouldn’t want you reading the book
Its dusty covers have been closed for years
A Pandora’s box trapping all my fears
CHORUS
Can I start with an empty page? May I have a blank book?
Can we travel to the moment where the future stalled in a look?
Promise, potential, possibility and hope
Those are the chapters I sent up in smoke
Bridge (modified verse 1)
She cries herself awake
From a dream in which her life is at stake
She turns to me with piercing eyes
Sharp enough to puncture my disguise
CHORUS X2
Can I start with an empty page? May I have a blank book?
Can we travel to the moment where the future stalled in a look?
Promise, potential, possibility and hope
Those are the chapters I sent up in smoke
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