when we were young we would dress like heroes that we loved
in our minds we could visit far off lands

and we'd vow that the day 
never would it come when 
we'd need more than 
stones in our hands 

yeah these days go by fast
as we race to the top 
find the quick fix shortcuts and play to win 

we no longer breathe and barely exist
and we fear for the new day to begin 
yeah we fear for the new day to begin.

so i close my eyes and bid you my farewell
and i wish you pleasant dreams
and i wish you pleasant dreams 
yeah yeah

so pleasant dreams to you my friend
to the one i know
life's done well with all of the riches
one could ever dream though cloaked in envy's spell 

that more it could never 
be enough and too little is 
much worse than it seems 

so i close my eyes and bid 
you my farewell and I 
wish you pleasant dreams 
and i wish you pleasant 
dreams yeah yeah

tonight i go to bed in the 
cool summers air for 
tonight i walked outside 
and looked at God i saw 
his face in the stars and 
the moon and inside i feel 
his peace