Songs About Dreams or Dreaming

[Ramona_A_Stone]

#9 Dream

So long ago
Was it in a dream? Was it just a dream?
I know, yes I know
It seemed so very real, it seemed so real to me

Took a walk down the street
Through the heat whispered trees
I thought I could hear
(hear - hear - hear)
Somebody call out my name
(John)
As it started to rain
(John)
Two spirits dancing so strange

Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé

Dream, dream away
Magic in the air, was magic in the air?
I believe, yes I believe
More I cannot say, what more can I say?

On a river of sound
Thru the mirror go round, round
I thought I could feel
(feel - feel - feel)
Music touching my soul
Something warm, sudden cold
The spirit dance was unfolding

Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé

John Lennon (1974)

According to John, "Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé" doesn't mean anything, it is just a phrase that came to him in a dream and he decided to base a song around it. (although the word "poussé" translates from the French as meaning roughly "thorough") Of course many Lennon fans also noted that some elements of this song seemed eerily precognitive after he was shot to death on Dec. 8th, 1980, as his killer "called out his name" ("Mr. Lennon" as opposed to "John") just before shooting him three times as he "took a walk down the street" near his NYC apartment. John also had a well known fascination with the number nine. Strangely this song, the weird verse of which has nine syllables, was released on John's ninth solo album Mind Games (9 letters) on the ninth month of 1974 and went to number 9 on the charts of that year. Many have also noted that John was shot at 11 P.M. on Dec 8th, at which time it was already Dec. 9th in his hometown of Liverpool. 1980 is also, numerologically speaking, a "number 9 year": 1+9+8=18, 1+8=9

[alphabeater]

American Dreaming

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
Forlorn somnambulistic maniacal in the dark

I'm in love with an American girl
Though she's my best friend
I love her surreptitious smile
That hides the pain within her

And we'll go dancing in the rings of laughter
And live along by the shores
Forlorn in the bowels of rapture
Asleep alone for the lost*

Yeah-ee, on the lea the rising wind blows
Fay-hee, on the lea the rising wind blows
How long how long?

Forlorn in the grounds of allegiances we've left behind
Turned back by the foot of the doorway
Never lost and found

We've been too long American dreaming
I think we've all lost the heart
Forlorn somnambulistic maniacal in the dark

Yeah-ee, on the lea the rising wind blows
Fay-hee, on the lea the rising wind blows
How long how long?

Dead Can Dance

* that's the best translation i can make of these two lines, and i challenge anyone to do better.
i hereby claim my 100 ramona points - 400 more and i can claim a napster t-shirt, you know.

[kento]

Originally posted by alphabeater
American Dreaming

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
Forlorn somnambulistic maniacal in the dark

I'm in love with an American girl
Though she's my best friend
I love her surreptitious smile
That hides the pain within her

And we'll go dancing in the rings of laughter
And live along by the shores
Forlorn in the bowels of rapture
Asleep alone for the lost*

Yeah-ee, on the lea the rising wind blows
Fay-hee, on the lea the rising wind blows
How long how long?

Forlorn in the grounds of allegiances we've left behind
Turned back by the foot of the doorway
Never lost and found

We've been too long American dreaming
I think we've all lost the heart
Forlorn somnambulistic maniacal in the dark

Yeah-ee, on the lea the rising wind blows
Fay-hee, on the lea the rising wind blows
How long how long?

Dead Can Dance

* that's the best translation i can make of these two lines, and i challenge anyone to do better.
i hereby claim my 100 ramona points - 400 more and i can claim a napster t-shirt, you know.

that was a great post...did you make those words up or is that really a song?

-kento

[Ramona_A_Stone]

That's a best guess at what Brendan Perry is singing from the live Dead Can Dance album Toward The Within, Kento. An exceptionally beautiful album.

Astral Traveller

And in the ruins of the balloon
Stood a man with glasses held high
Wondering when to do it again
Have another fly into the sky
Somewhere flying high

Astral traveller
Leaving without her
Wondering where lights go
Leave out the body load

Once in the air, people who dare
Get great respect in being
(Astral traveller)
Heavenly flight wondrous night
And all the sights worth seeing
Just believe in

Astral traveller
Leaving without her
Wondering where lights go
Leave out the body load

Yes - Time and a Word (Jon Anderson - 1970)

[Apache Rose]

Talking Heads
Dream Operator


When you were little
You dreamed you were big
You must have been something
A real tiny kid

You wish you were me
I wish I was you
Now don't you wake up
The dream will come true

Every dream has a name
And names tell your story
This song is your dream
You're the dream operator

It's bigger than life
You know it's all me
My face is a book
But it's not what it seems

Three angels above
The whole human race
They dream us to life
They dream me a face

And every dream tells it all
And this dream is your story
You dreamed me a heart
You're the dream operator

Shake-it-up dream
Hi-di-ho dream
Fix-it-up dream
Look at me dream
I've been waiting so long
Now I am your dream

Hard to forget
Hard to go on
When you fall asleep
You're out on your own

Let go of your life
Grab on to my hand
Here in the clouds
Where we'll understand

And you dreamed it all
And this is your story
Do you know who you are?
You're the dream operator

And you dreamed it all
And this is your story
Do you know who you are?
You're the dream operator

[honeybee]

Silent Lucidity

Hush now, don't you cry
Wipe away the teardrop from your eye
You're lying safe in bed
It was all a bad dream
Spinning in your head
Your mind tricked you to feel the pain
Of someone close to you leaving the game of life
So here it is, another chance
Wide awake you face the day
Your dream is over... or has it just begun?

There's a place I like to hide
A doorway that I run through in the night
Relax child, you were there
But only didn't realize it and you were scared
It's a place where you will learn
To face your fears, retrace the years
And ride the whims of your mind
Commanding in another world
Suddenly you hear and see
This magic new dimension

I- will be watching over you
I- am gonna help you see it through
I- will protect you in the night
I- am smiling next to you, in Silent Lucidity

-spoken during solo-
[Visualize your dream]
[Record it in the present tense]
[Put it into a permanent form]
[If you persist in your efforts]
[You can achieve dream control]
[Dream control]
[How's that then, better?]
[Hug me]

If you open your mind for me
You won't rely on open eyes to see
The walls you built within
Come tumbling down, and a new world will begin
Living twice at once you learn
You're safe from the pain in the dream domain
A soul set free to fly
A round trip journey in your head
Master of illusion, can you realize
Your dream's alive, you can be the guide but...

I- will be watching over you
I- am gonna help to see it through
I- will protect you in the night
I- am smiling next to you....

[nanook]

excellent choice, honeybee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
long time since i heard that song..........must go dl, now.

[honeybee]

[cornflakeboyee]

Forest For The Trees - Dream
http://www.napsterites.org/cfb/Fores...0-%20Dream.mp3