A Bad Dream

Song A Bad Dream
Artist Keane
Album Keane Live 06-Apollo-Manchester UK-October 18, 2006

Lyrics

[ti:A Bad Dream(Live)]
[ar:Keane]
[al:Keane Live 06-Apollo-Manchester UK-October 18, 2006]
[00:00.00] Intro:reciting "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" by W. B. Yeats
[00:11.04] I know that I shall meet my fate
[00:13.59] Somewhere among the clouds above;
[00:17.43] Those that I fight I do not hate,
[00:20.58] Those that I guard I do not love;
[00:23.75] My country is Kiltartan Cross,
[00:26.09] My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor,
[00:28.43] No likely end could bring them loss
[00:31.41] Or leave them happier than before.
[00:33.25] Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
[00:36.32] Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
[00:39.29] A lonely impulse of delight
[00:43.07] Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
[00:45.21] I balanced all, brought all to mind,
[00:48.94] The years to come seemed waste of breath,
[00:51.33] A waste of breath the years behind
[00:53.94] In balance with this life, this death.
[01:00.50] from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" By William Butler Yeats
[01:04.50] cue the music
[01:21.28] Why do I have to fly
[01:27.42] Over every town up and down the line?
[01:34.59] I'll die in the clouds above
[01:39.90] And you that I defend, I do not love
[01:47.14] I wake up, it's a bad dream
[01:51.41] No one on my side
[01:54.90] I was fighting
[01:57.29] But I just feel too tired
[02:01.64] to be fighting
[02:03.98] Guess I'm not the fighting kind
[02:14.56] Where will I meet my fate?
[02:20.53] Baby I'm a man, I was born to hate
[02:27.50] And when will I meet my end?
[02:33.35] In a better time you could be my friend
[02:40.05] I wake up, it's a bad dream
[02:44.75] No one on my side
[02:48.13] I was fighting
[02:50.63] But I just feel too tired
[02:54.86] to be fighting
[02:57.40] Guess I'm not the fighting kind
[03:01.39] Wouldn't mind it
[03:03.77] If you were by my side
[03:08.28] But you're long gone
[03:10.79] Yeah you're long gone now
[03:24.19] Where do we go?
[03:30.68] I don't even know
[03:37.49] My strange old face
[03:41.99] And I'm thinking about those days
[03:48.72] And I'm thinking about those days
[04:23.75] I wake up, it's a bad dream
[04:28.31] No one on my side
[04:31.66] I was fighting
[04:33.82] But I just feel too tired
[04:37.95] to be fighting
[04:40.80] Guess I'm not the fighting kind
[04:44.98] Wouldn't mind it
[04:47.38] If you were by my side
[04:51.65] But you're long gone
[04:53.99] Yeah you're long gone now
[05:00.37] Yeaaaaaaaaaaah
[05:05.06] <music>
[05:57.28] <The End>

Pinyin

ti: A Bad Dream Live
ar: Keane
al: Keane Live 06ApolloManchester UKOctober 18, 2006
[00:00.00] Intro: reciting " An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" by W. B. Yeats
[00:11.04] I know that I shall meet my fate
[00:13.59] Somewhere among the clouds above
[00:17.43] Those that I fight I do not hate,
[00:20.58] Those that I guard I do not love
[00:23.75] My country is Kiltartan Cross,
[00:26.09] My countrymen Kiltartan' s poor,
[00:28.43] No likely end could bring them loss
[00:31.41] Or leave them happier than before.
[00:33.25] Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
[00:36.32] Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
[00:39.29] A lonely impulse of delight
[00:43.07] Drove to this tumult in the clouds
[00:45.21] I balanced all, brought all to mind,
[00:48.94] The years to come seemed waste of breath,
[00:51.33] A waste of breath the years behind
[00:53.94] In balance with this life, this death.
[01:00.50] from " An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" By William Butler Yeats
[01:04.50] cue the music
[01:21.28] Why do I have to fly
[01:27.42] Over every town up and down the line?
[01:34.59] I' ll die in the clouds above
[01:39.90] And you that I defend, I do not love
[01:47.14] I wake up, it' s a bad dream
[01:51.41] No one on my side
[01:54.90] I was fighting
[01:57.29] But I just feel too tired
[02:01.64] to be fighting
[02:03.98] Guess I' m not the fighting kind
[02:14.56] Where will I meet my fate?
[02:20.53] Baby I' m a man, I was born to hate
[02:27.50] And when will I meet my end?
[02:33.35] In a better time you could be my friend
[02:40.05] I wake up, it' s a bad dream
[02:44.75] No one on my side
[02:48.13] I was fighting
[02:50.63] But I just feel too tired
[02:54.86] to be fighting
[02:57.40] Guess I' m not the fighting kind
[03:01.39] Wouldn' t mind it
[03:03.77] If you were by my side
[03:08.28] But you' re long gone
[03:10.79] Yeah you' re long gone now
[03:24.19] Where do we go?
[03:30.68] I don' t even know
[03:37.49] My strange old face
[03:41.99] And I' m thinking about those days
[03:48.72] And I' m thinking about those days
[04:23.75] I wake up, it' s a bad dream
[04:28.31] No one on my side
[04:31.66] I was fighting
[04:33.82] But I just feel too tired
[04:37.95] to be fighting
[04:40.80] Guess I' m not the fighting kind
[04:44.98] Wouldn' t mind it
[04:47.38] If you were by my side
[04:51.65] But you' re long gone
[04:53.99] Yeah you' re long gone now
[05:00.37] Yeaaaaaaaaaaah
[05:05.06] music
[05:57.28] The End