No Dream

music and lyrics by Mike Oldfield
sung by Mike Oldfield

Last revised: 13 December 1995

An empty chair,
Is someone sitting there?
Footsteps on the ground.
Can you hear that sound?
Like a wild goose crying on a lonely wind.
Whispering leaves in the branches that bend.


[ Chorus ]

This ain't no dream, babe.
Alone in the night.
Turn on the light, this ain't no dream,
This is no dream.
You didn't read, this is no book.
Go take a look, this ain't no dream.


A restless flame,
Someone calls your name.
Through the empty hall, casting shadows on the wall.
In the sound of emptiness,
Isolation.
Nowhere left to run, now the time has come.


[ Repeat Chorus ]

An open door,
Glass all on the floor.
Hands have turned to white
In the cold breeze of the night.
There's a face at the window.
Someone who you know
Or who you used to be.
Could that somebody be me?


Dream babe,
Alone in the night.
Turn on the light, this ain't no dream,
This is no dream.
This is no book.
Go take a look, this ain't no dream.