It′s a careless wind that carries me

Across the great divide

From the wretched underworld

To the place where fear resides

Behind the line you hold

You can only hold so long

When you see my forked tongue

And hear my twisted song

My sign is the fire line, uncontrolled

My bitter ruthlessness is a beacon to behold

Like cancer growing, someday to die

Where the water's flowing

I′m gonna drain the river dry

'Cause it's a poison dream

Keeps me running through the night

I′ll take it all and then some more

By the dawning of the sickly morning light

Burn through the midnight oil

And the bridges I can′t cross

Somehow I'll find myself in

Everything you′ve lost

We've seen it all before but

It comes as no surprise

Just like reflections of the fire in your eyes

It′s a poison dream

Keeps me running through the night

I'll take it all and then some more

By the dawning of the sickly morning light

And when the work is done and the devil′s called his time

You'll feel a sterile breeze that blows through ashen pine

And you may ask yourself where did the endgame lie

The question I might ask if I could stop to wonder why

It's a poison dream

Keeps me running through the night

I′ll take it all and then some more

By the dawning of the sickly morning light

It′s a poison dream

Keeps me running through the night

I'll take it all and then some more

By the dawning of the sickly morning light