Okkervil River - And I Have Seen The World Of Dreams lyrics

And I have seen the world of dreams
Fresh-flown through the trees then dropped
Off at the curb
Alive, have seen the world awake
And I don't know which I deserve
So when sleep nightly comes to me
With all of these warm blankets
Piled on my back
I'll hike to see the church of dreams
Where all of the shutters are painted black

And it seems like that's real
Until the time I awake
And at midnight the moonlight
Reflects as the lake
Is shining at me, until night takes it away
There's one world in the distance
One world in the way and not one can stay

And I have seen the wood of dreams
Carved grain less and clean with
A sweep of one hand
And have been happy with the leaves on
My body when laid under land
So when sleep finally comes to me
Because it comes for the sleek like
It comes for the lame
I'll sink beneath a weight of dreams so full
And complete that I'm pushed from my name

And it seems like that's real
Until I fall asleep
And then we load up the car
And drive far to some street
Where a new life await's
Until day takes it away
There's one world in the distance
One world in the way and not one can stay