Akira Yamaoka

Lyrics to Tender Sugar

run, I fall, what ripped away, check my body

Was it body or soul

The darkness fades, fades to light

Disappearing now, disappears from the night

And all these nightmares I once had as a child

The morning always came, it came too late

What did my mind forget, forget to hide

Could the nightmare be awake, I don't know

In or out, up or down, never know its an illusion

Round and round, on and on, every day spins my confusion

Not again, not again, not again, this dream I can't awake

What is real, what is real, what is real, it's getting hard for me to take

What I need, what I need, what I need, a little somethin' I rely

And the white sugar gently hides me

Oh the sweet sugar saves me, it's the room that confines me

Confines me...sweet sugar

Yesterday back and forth, broken door no longer opens

Breaking down, need it now, mother's sugar always loves me

Not again, not again, not again, this dream I can't awake

What is real, what is real, what is real, it's getting hard for me to take

What I need, what I need, what I need, a little somethin' I rely

And the white sugar gently hides me

Oh the sweet sugar saves me, it's the room that confines me