“We’ve all loved somebody we shouldn’t,” Luma explains. “‘Like a Nightmare’ is the acceptance we face when we know that the last thing we need is exactly what we want. Written in a single session with Blanke and Riley Thomas during the 2019 Nashville Electronic Writers’ Camp at the Spotify Secret Ge...
[Verse 1]
I loved you once
I know I could never again
But I close my eyes
And it looks like you never left
And I know, that you’re gone (Ohhh)
But it feels, like you’re not (Ohhh)
[Pre-Chorus]
A drink or a drug isn’t of any use
When it’s two in the morning and I’m thinking of you
I’m alone but I don’t wanna be by myself
And you’re already in my head
[Chorus]
I need you like a nightmare
I need you like a nightmare
I wish your shadow was on my wall
And you were holding me in the dark
I need you like a nightmare
[Drop]
[Verse 2]
I don't need your touch anymore
But somehow when the sun goes down
It's all I can think about
[Pre-Chorus]
Not a prayer or a pill
Doesn’t kill what I want
When it’s three in the morning and you’re haunting my thoughts
I’m alone but I don’t wanna be by myself
And you’re already in my head
[Chorus]
I need you like a nightmare
I need you like a nightmare
I wish your shadow was on my wall
And you were holding me in the dark
I need you like a nightmare
[Drop]
[Outro]
I don’t need you
I don’t need you
I don’t need you
I don’t need you anymore
I don’t need you
Like I used to
I don’t need you, no
Like a Nightmare was written by Riley Thomas & Luma & Blanke.
Like a Nightmare was produced by Blanke.
Luma released Like a Nightmare on Fri Apr 16 2021.