Nightmare

you never felt a ghost in you prepare

I'm ready to be your nightmare
you don't know how hard it is to care

all the times, all those times

I'm ready to be your nightmare
you weren't ready yet to roll the stone
I'm waiting to be your nightmare
you didn't know you'd ever make it home

I'm ready to be your nightmare
cast your eyes a single prize at the fair
I'm waiting to be your nightmare
I think so much of how I touch your hair

all the times you felt alone
all those times you were safe at home
all the times you locked the door
should've opened windows more

I'm ready to be your nightmare
you look over, no your shoulder bare
I'm waiting to be your nightmare
I grow bolder in this colder air

I'm ready to be your nightmare
long road when you showed yourself ahead
I'm waiting to be your nightmare
The best part of your past ain't happened yet

all the times, all those times

I'm ready to be your nightmare
your heart beating leading me to you
I'm waiting to be your nightmare
your fears need me when you bleed in school

I'm ready to be your nightmare
your emptiness betrays you and your sins
I'm waiting to be your nightmare
your lost caution tossed into the wind

all the times your mirror showed
all those times the empty road
all the times you stopped and thought
why you do the things you ought

I'm ready to be your nightmare
a night on call, you've tried it all, you're strong
I'm waiting to be your nightmare
in your dreams this all seems too long

I'm ready to be your nightmare
the caverns and the valleys damp and cold
I'm waiting to be your nightmare
you should cross the bridge is lost and old

all the times, all those times

I'm ready to be your nightmare
your ways have days you only face a jar
I'm waiting to be your nightmare
take my place I can't erase these scars

I'm ready to be your nightmare
I didn't think you'd hold on this long
I'm waiting to be your nightmare
you knew I'd go deeper not so wrong

all the times, all those times

I'm ready to be your nightmare
you don't know how hard it is to care
I'm waiting to be your nightmare
you already feel your soul stripped bare

you never felt a ghost in you prepare

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© Huw Powell
printed 30 April 2025

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Nightmare