DISCLAIMER: All things Harry Potter belong to J.K. Rowling. The song "Shallow Sleep" belongs to Hyde. (lyrics are mostly translated from Japanese, although certain lines of the song are sung in English.)

I'LL WARN YOU NOW: Don't skip reading the lyrics, or the rest of the fic won't make any sense. :P

-- Shallow Sleep --

I just saw you

And, oh, it was wonderful.

Beyond the course of time
A room we once shared

It was only a dream, of course.

But my memory's a haze
Forgetting what was said

Now that I'm awake, the dream breaks and scatters. Only the faintest trace of it lingers in my mind.

I gently held out my hand
And in that perfect moment
You disappeared - I lost you over again

I want to go back to sleep, I want to go back to that dream again. But I can't. I will lie awake, restless, unable to free my mind of my present hell. As usual.

In a shallow sleep I dreamt I was seeing you
Just how I remembered

I miss you so much.

And somewhere in the calm
A feeling that nothing had ever changed
Your presence close beside me till I wake

Please come back. More than anything, these fleeting dreams are killing me. I never want to fall asleep again. But how will I ever see you again if I don't allow myself to dream?

I just saw you
A moment far too brief
Before the daylight came
But my heart is beating fast
Perhaps we'll meet again

Tears stream down my face as I wake and realize that it was another dream again.

I see you - until I wake from shallow sleep

-end-

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