Sir Peter Ustinov once said: "Unfortunately, a superabundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares."
What are nightmares?Why do we have them?
Do they tell us something about ourselves?
Do dream catchers really keep them at bay?
So what is a nightmare?
Nightmare is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released on July 27, 2010 through Warner Bros. Records.Okay, that a joke.
It's not that kind of nightmare I'm talking about.
But you knew that already, didn't you?
I've had these nightmares for months now.
Every night, always new ones.
Always waking up with my heart racing, beating so hard it feels like it's going to pop out of my chest.
Never able to close my eyes again afterwards.
Getting murdered, getting assaulted, getting raped, being held captive, being beaten up, being chased (not in a good way)... It keeps on going and it never stops.
My dad used to make this little joke when I was little...
"What mares?" He always asked. I used to think it was funny...
Now I don't think it's funny anymore. I love horses. I hate the nightmares.
Maybe I don't hate the nightmares,
but I do hate how they make me feel.
Scared, small and alone.
Sometimes I think it would be better
if I wouldn't be alone at night.
But it's not like we live in a fairy tail, is it?
I can't wish for someone by my side.
Someone to be there for me, to calm me down,
to keep the nightmares away...
'Cause the dream catcher on my wall doesn't seem to help.
