The Beauty Of A Dream Lyrics - Astronauts & Heretics - Thomas Dolby

The beauty of a dream is you don't let it go 

Once in a while a girl comes along 

And opens your heart like a spam tin 

Just how long can it take? 

A bow bends, a bow breaks 

And then when it's time to return the key 

She'll flash you a smile as she slams the door 

But you didn't have to do that to me 

To show me just how cruel love could be 

And cruel's a show I kinda stared in before 

Listen, these things take time to reach ground zero 

Change hits so hard and the world turns so slow 

These things take time and next time you'll know 

But the beauty of a dream is you don't let it go 

You don't ever let it go 

Now how come a hand as gentle as yours 

Could soften a hard nut like this one? 

It's a marvel to me 

The way you wrapped my heart up completely 

Whenever I roam, I can't seem to find 

As decent a love as the one I left behind 

Keep it slow, though, for me girl 

I never thought I'd sink in this deep 

Oh darling, I'm sinking like a bug in a peach 

Fuck listen, these things take time to reach ground zero 

Change hurts so good and the world screams "Hello" 

These things take time but this time I know 

That the beauty of a dream is you don't let it go 

You don't ever let it go, you don't ever let it go 

We won't ever let it go 

And I believe in the promises I made you 

And I mean to keep them over and over and over again 

Boom! There's a canon for the first twenty years 

Boom! There's a canon for the next 

It's a marvel to me 

I never thought I'd sink in this deep 

Oh darling, I'm sinking like a frog on a leaf