I'm distilling everything she said into a potion But it's always going to my head in slow motion Oh nightmare girl Things are getting weirder At the speed of light Nightmare girl All this fever dreaming k**s my appetite For love and restless nights Once she wanted me to exercise her self-possession And then failing that she wanted lives and vivisection Oh nightmare girl Things are getting weirder At the speed of light Nightmare girl All this fever dreaming k**s my appetite For love and restless nights I'm on a train to Brooklyn I'm on the IRT I've gotta think I'm saving the day I get a call in the night I get a call at three I gotta go and make it OK 'Cause things are getting weirder at the speed of light Nightmare girl All this fever dreaming k**s my appetite Nightmare girl Things are getting weirder Things are getting weirder Things are getting weirder