Shriekback - Dreamlife Of Dogs lyrics

What occurs in the mind Of a cur by the fire? On the rug as he growls and he drools As he spasms and twitches? A bloodbath of rabbits Where the faecal aromas are sublime? In the dream life of dogs These we think are the riches There the crow's provocation Will no longer be endured There the insolent rat is subued And is stricken and shaken There as King of the Rains The Wild Rover (The b**hes' rump so fine) This the dream life of dogs? Or are we mistaken? For all that we know, in the hound's inner world There are marvels to rival the greatest That man can envision A palace of scent Where the laws of the pack are redefined Is the dream life of dogs Maybe ripe for revision? But the dog as he sleeps Is opaque as we are We dream as we live all alone In the nightmare of history And as much as I know who you are In the dark behind your eyes The dream life of dogs Is no more of a mystery