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Steam rising, I toss in the sweltering night
Denying, a phantom is just beyond sight

Beside me, you're sleeping
you're unaware of all my agony

Sleep fills in
Drags me into a dream
I walk on sand
on shifting sand
footprints in front of me No....


Impressions, I follow along in the foam
Obsessions, pulling me further from home

He's waiting, this stranger
My Judas body longs to run to him

I fall down
into forbidden arms
Upon the sand, the burning sand
The cobalt sky ignores my cry
Ohhhh!

Daybreaking, satiety wrestles with shame
Awaking, reality relieves the dream

Beside you, I'm sheltered
and yet I can't forget that pounding surf

I look down, increduality descends
I see the sand, the cooling sand
upon my feet and on yours
Ohhhh!