Cold War Kids - Dreams Old Men Dream lyrics

Thought I was laying in the gutter in Milk cartons and bones But I was standing on a mountain top Looking over your homes Thought I was laying my garden with My hands deep in soil But I was there on an island Shooting flares at your boat Thought I was soothing like a violin Confessing new rain But I was piping like a trumpet Frantic for fame Thought I was built like a building's built Iron, concrete and stone I realize I'm just a hack actor Finished playing my role Your reading my thoughts Dreams old men dream It's just like when we were kids We'd lay around wondering We try to listen to what they say Thought I was writing for a hundred hours Looking straight into me But I was reading on the news paper Obituaries Thought I was nervous like a mailman Reading your letters, dear But I was at our anniversary Toasting 30 years Your reading my thoughts Dreams old men dream It's just like when we were kids We'd lay around wondering We try to listen to what they say We try to listen to what they say Push my piano outside I don't care, I don't care Beneath the meteor black sky I don't care, I don't care The neighbours will complain Let them stare, let them stare Who knows where the time goes? I don't care, I don't care What would you think of me if I told you I haven't slept in weeks? I've been up chasing my childhood with a pin These are dreams old men dream