Oh I wished I'd never prayed for rain
  Sometimes you wish so hard for something
  Until you wished it never came
  There goes another miracle explained
  When all the mystery has vanished
  Only history remains
  
  I'm drowning in my sleep
  Every time I try to speak
  Words jump overboard and silence drags me down
  Another dream admits defeat
  And leaves it's wreckage on the reef
  Who wants survivors with our language run aground
  
  What did you expect?
  Beneath the mustard gas and roses
  And the ruins of neglect
  Oh it's just the science of the flesh
  Another species bound for trouble
  Another unpaid debt
  
  I'm drowning in my sleep
  Every time I try to speak
  Words jump overboard and silence drags me down
  Another dream admits defeat
  And leaves it's wreckage on the reef
  
  Who wants survivors with our language run aground
  
  My head's above the water
  But my arms are getting weak
  The tide keeps getting stronger
  And now I'm drowning in my sleep