Bad Dream

he swept me off my feet

just too good to believe

he knew my story

page after page

so easy to decide

when everything felt right

he'd take my demons

and wish them away

the loves gone now

i lived somehow

but he comes back when the sun goes down

i wake up in the middle of the night

get a little bit of that shotgun memory

things i don't wanna see

but i close my eyes and you're right in front of me

i tried everything i know

running don't work and i can't let go

you used to be so real to me

now you're just a bad dream

it was no fairy tale

no queen no crown no veil

the magic we made

had all disappeared yeah

the castle tumbled down

we crashed into the ground

now broken pieces

are all that's left here

my hearts beating

i'm still breathing

when i think i'm fine

i wake up in the middle of the night

get a little bit of that shotgun memory

things i don't wanna see

but i close my eyes and you're right in front of me

i tried everything i know

running don't work and i can't let go

used to be so real to me

now you're just a bad dream

and everything you promised

vanished with the wind

and i know i could start over

but you'll be back again

again and again, oh again

i wake up in the middle of the night

(i wake up in the middle of the night)

get a little bit of that shotgun memory

(shotgun memory)

things i don't wanna see

but i close my eyes and you're right in front of me

i tried everything i know

running don't work and i can't let go

used to be so real to me

i wake up in the middle of the night

get a little bit of that shotgun memory

things i don't wanna see

but i close my eyes and you're right in front of me

i tried everything i know

running don't work and i can't let go

used to be so real to me

now you're just a bad dream

(now you're just a bad dream)

ohh, a bad dream