Dreaming Without Sleeping

I've been dragged from a river and thrown in a well
After battling the currents and coughing up the water in my lungs
I'm descending in the darkness of the earths hidden reservoirs
I'll be sleeping well tonight that's for sure

There ain't no use trying
To find the line tying
The bucket to the top of the shaft
I'm sinking I'm dissolving
The sunlight is evolving
Into creatures of my mind and of my life
I see countries, kingdoms, castles
And alabaster statues
And broken bits of poetry to sing
And when I am awoken I will try to recall my dreams

I've been dragged from a river I've been saved and lost again
Its dangerous dreaming without sleeping
Yes its dangerous dreaming without sleeping
Its dangerous dreaming without sleeping

I'm jumping from the boulders
That have fallen from the shoulders
Of the mountains to the rivers below
I found a feather drifting cross
These river sands a shifting
And I put it in the leather of my hat
Perhaps it will protect me
Or else it just might curse me
I could never know a thing like that
Its dangerous dreaming without sleeping