Like a desert, so smooth   So calm, like velvet   Like wire, so taut   So stretched, like steel   The surface is rippling   And straining and cracking   From within    Like a bomb just ticking   And waiting like hours   And hours keep folding   And winding and stretching   And deep down inside   The foundations are tearing apart   And the holes are all gaping   Swallowing everything   Please take me out of this dream   Tension    Nightmares like circles   Of lies all hidden   Seething and smouldering   Under the covers   No fire, no passion   But uneasy silence   And peace   In terror I'm waiting   For the one great explosion   Please take me out of this dream   Tension