Stephin Merritt - Poppyland lyrics

When black waves break on the world You make the pieces go to poppyland Wished-upon moonbeams And abandoned dreams They fall like snow on poppyland And when the bloom is off the rose, man Poppyland is where it goes In the tame gray here, we all disappear But the walls have eyes in poppyland All your favorite things Are painted on the wings Of the bu*terflies of poppyland And the people the gods forgive, man Poppyland is where they live