Cover art for Somebody Else’s Dream by Tony Banks
Oct. 8, 19791 viewer

Somebody Else’s Dream Lyrics

Too good to last, how those four words ring in my ears
A voice from the past has been heard again
Whether it's real or not, I can't say I care
But my memory's going and my mind is losing it's grip
I'm walking on thinning ice
Soon I shall be taken down, drowned in blind ignorance
Its hard to bear but harder still
To tell the one I care for
Please to say love is here today, but it's going away, going away
How can I fight a fire that comes from inside myself
That threatens a total end
So much to lose when I still had so much to learn
Its hard to bear but harder still
To tell the one I care for
Please to say love is here today, but it's going away, going away
Millions of people won't know what I mean
None can appreciate somebody else's dream
Thousands of reasons for staying alive
Explode into fragments

Dissolve into nothing
As I prepare for the oncoming night
Already I feel a creeping coldness chilling my bones
Dulling my sight and mind
Soon there shall be only sand where once water flowed
Nature dies and is reborn, but I shan't weather this coming storm
Not for me to die with children around my bed
After a happy life
Though rain will fall and the sun won't change in it's course
Its hard to bear but harder still
To tell the one I care for
Please to say love is here today, but it's going away, going away
Millions of people won't know what I mean
None can appreciate somebody else's dream
Thousands of reasons for staying alive
Explode into fragments
Dissolve into nothing
As I prepare for the oncoming night

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  1. 7.
    You
  2. 8.
    Somebody Else’s Dream
  3. 17.
    By You
  4. 19.
    Charm
  5. 21.
    K2
  6. 25.
    Rebirth (Missing Lyrics)
  7. 26.
    Gypsy (Missing Lyrics)
  8. 27.
    Final Chase (Missing Lyrics)
  9. 30.
    Redwing (Missing Lyrics)
  10. 31.
    Lorca (Missing Lyrics)
  11. 32.
    Kid And Detective Droid (Missing Lyrics)
  12. 33.
    Lift Off (Missing Lyrics)
  13. 34.
    Death Of Abby (Missing Lyrics)
  14. 73.
    Finale
  15. 76.
    Spring
  16. 77.
    Kit
  17. 81.
    The Wicked Lady (Custom Version) (Missing Lyrics)
Credits
Released on
October 8, 1979
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