Nocturne

By Rush

On Vapor Trails

Released on May 14, 2002

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[Refrain]

Did I have a dream?

Or did the dream have me?

Did I have a dream?

Or did the dream have me?


[Verse 1]

Set off on a night-sea journey

Without memory or desire

Drifting through lost latitudes

With no compass and no chart

Flying through hallucination

Distant voices, signal fires

Lighting up my unconscious

And the secret places of the heart


[Chorus]

Dream, temporary madness

Dream, a voice in the wilderness

Dream, unconscious revelation

The morning says the answer is yes


[Refrain]

Did I have a dream?

Or did the dream have me?

Did I have a dream?

Or did the dream have me?


[Verse 2]

Floating through a darkened mirror

Deep reflections in disguise

Soaring through lost altitudes

Without wonder, without fear

Symbols on a field of visions

Behind a curtain of sleeping eyes

On the instant of waking

Another world of dreams appears


[Chorus 2]

Dream, temporary madness

Dream, a walk in the wilderness

Dream, unconscious recreation

The morning says the answer is yes


[Geddy Lee ad-libs]


[Chorus 3]

Dream, temporary madness

Dream, a voice in the wilderness

The morning says the answer is yes

The morning says the answer is yes

The morning says the answer is yes