you were at my door i heard you knocking but i didn t care at all i had been in all night just staring at the wall i didn t really want to see you anymore coming from the road you took your coat off and you threw it on the floor you said i can t believe you wanna hurt me so i said i m not supposed to be like this you know well i just had to let you go what s on your mind when you re lost in time what s on your mind tell me why why does it have to be this way you were in that dream that i was dreaming i was dreaming in a dream your nylon dress and i was floating back downstream i wanted love to come and swallow everything everything gets real sooner or later doesn t matter how you feel you slammed that door shut on the night of glass and steel i cannot blame you for believing what you believe well i just had to let you go what s on your mind when you re lost in time what s on your mind tell me why why does it have to be this way  why do you always stay miles away and two steps behind where the past is still living beautiful and forgiven do you not see that you live in a dream hey what s on your mind when you re lost in time what s on your mind tell me why why does it have to be this way what s on your mind when you re lost in time what s on your mind tell me why why does it have to be this way 