The lovers are losing
I dreamed I was drowningIn the river ThamesI dreamed I had nothing at allNothing but my own skin
(I dreamed I was driftingOn the howling windI dreamed I had nothing at allNothing but my own skin)
Slipped away from your open handsInto riverSaw your face looking back at meI saw my past, and I saw my future
You take the pieces of the dreams that you haveCos you don't like the way they seem to be goingYou cut them up and spread them out on the floorYou're full of hope as you begin rearrangingPut it all back togetherBut any way you look at thisLooks likeThe lovers are losing
I dreamed I was watchingThe young lovers danceI reached out to touch your hairBut I was watching from a distance
We cling to love like a skidding carClings to a cornerI tried to hold onto what we areThe more I squeeze, the quicker we're over
You take the pieces of the dreams that you haveCos you don't like the way they seem to be goingYou cut them up and spread them out on the floorYou're full of hope as you begin rearrangingPut it all back togetherBut any way you look at thisLooks likeThe lovers are losing
I dreamed I had nothing at all; Nothing but my own skin(I dreamed I had nothing at all; Nothing but my own skinI dreamed I had nothing at all; Nothing but my own skin)I dreamed I had nothing at all; Nothing at all
(You take the pieces of the dreams that you haveCos you don't like the way they seem to be goingYou cut them up and spread them out on the floorYou're full of hope as you begin rearrangingPut it all back togetherBut any way you look at thisLooks likeThe lovers are losing)
You take the pieces of the dreams that you haveCos you don't like the way they seem to be goingYou cut them up and spread them out on the floorYou're full of hope as you begin rearrangingPut it all back togetherBut in the final reckoningLooks likeThe lovers are losing