THE NIGHTMARE
© Stevie Nicks & Christopher Nicks

Thrown down through the arms of sleep
She fell through the ivory morning...
Deep into the waters of the one she called love
She paled in the wake of what some call a dream...
But you cannot know a dream...till you've known the nightmare

Well I stood with you against the storm and I tried once again
Well I said, "I'd like to leave you with something warm"
How many times...drowndin' in the sea...drowndin'
That was when the dream took her prisoner
And she knew the dream was over but...
Ooo the nightmare was not over
Still some call that a dream
Well you cannot know a dream when you turn away
You don't know...you'll never care
The night is not your friend and you have not had her
Whoa when the nightmare ends but you never understand...
When you're gone...she wakes up calling out...
Ooo calling out...as children may cry as she will
Ooo anytime...Ooo, anywhere...blinded by the light of the day
Ooo she has known the nightmare

So about the moon and her sisters...
How dare he take them prisoner...
Well she had flung out her heart against him...
Then in all of her wisdom...Oooh that was a mystery...

That was when the dream took her prisoner and she knew the dream was over...
But...Ooo, well the nightmare was not over...
Well somewhere in her ancient ways...well she walks through the night
And then she tries to get through the day...
Some will never know or share any kind of dream...oh
The nightmare...this is not the world...this is not the world
The nightmare...this is not the world...this is not the world
The nightmare...this is not the world...this is not the world
Nightmare...this is not the world...this is not the world
She wants him to fight...anytime, anywhere...
She wants him to stand up...she wants him to win...
Blinded by the light of the day...blinded by the light of the day...
Tumbling down through the arms of sleep she fell through the ivory morning...
deep in the waters of the one she caled love...
Well she was blinded by the light of the day...blinded by the light of the day...
She has know the nightmare...oh...I'll be there the prisoner
She was blinded by the light of the day...blinded by the day