Dreamers
Open my eyes and flood them with light
Regain my breathe, my mind, my sight
You can tell me as many times as you like
That it was just a dream
You can tell me reality is as real as it get's
That life's a game of chance
Pick your spot, place your bets
While you're rolling your dice, playing your game
Ill keep on dreaming
For me dreams don't change
They're the things that keep me sane
When I look at life, it's not a game
It's an opportunity
Some lose and others gain
So please, don't ruin my dreams
By trying to tell me just what they might mean
Saying that I'm not realistic
Telling me that my mind is twisted
Saying "listen, you have got to get with it"
Why can't you just let a dreamer dream?
Why try to turn someone's life around
Saying their mind is in the lost and found
Putting them in chains, leaving them locked and bound
In a quiet room
No sound?
In my world, dreamers have the right to dream and players can play
Their game
Leaners have a right to lean and people can live
their own way
In reality dreamers are deemed insane
For thinking the way you see the world is lame
For being the girl who likes to walk in the rain
And for being the kid with a fear of being sucked down the drain?
Or perhaps the small child laying awake at night
afraid of the monsters that come out with no light
and they weep, and cry
For sleep
With no determination to find a destination
Outside of self preservation
We're all subjects of damnation, reversing the creation
Of our successful nation
And without what has been stated we'll end up dominated
In this world we have created, debated, and reinstated
That is fading
I wish I could give you a taste of what it feels like
To have these minutes and moments gone to waste
Trying to match your pace
When I could have been walking straight into outer space
And oh, the obstacles I wish I didn't have to face
Following steps that I shouldn't have retraced
Just repeating the same old mistakes
What a waste
Don't persecute the dreamer when you don't know if you're right
While your looking at this world as patterns, no colors
All just black and white
That's not how I want to live my life
Because a dreamer can be in the dark
And still somehow manage to see light.
