Dead Can Dance

I need my conscience to keep watch over me
To protect me from myself
So I can wear honesty like a crown on my head
When I walk into the promised land

We've been too long American dreaming
And I think we've all lost the way
Like some somnambulistic maniacal in the dark

I'm in love with an American girl
Well she's my best friend
I love her surreptitious smile
That hides the pain within her
And we'll go dancing in rings of laughter
??? by the shores
Fear long in the bounds of raptures
And even long for the loss

We've been too long American dreaming
I think we've all lost the way
Like some somnambulistic maniacal in the dark.