I'm distilling everything she said into a potion But it's always going to my head in slow motion Oh nightmare girl Things are getting weirder At the speed of light Nightmare girl All this fever dreaming kills my appetite For love and restless nights Once she wanted me to exercise her self-possession And then failing that she wanted lives and vivisection Oh nightmare girl Things are getting weirder At the speed of light Nightmare girl All this fever dreaming kills my appetite For love and restless nights I'm on a train to Brooklyn I'm on the IRT I've gotta think I'm saving the day I get a call in the night I get a call at three I gotta go and make it OK 'Cause things are getting weirder at the speed of light Nightmare girl All this fever dreaming kills my appetite Nightmare girl Things are getting weirder Things are getting weirder Things are getting weirder