Song: Tall Grass

Years ago I took a nap and woke up with some lines in my head that went "You are the dreamer (are the dreamer ) I am a beggar packing off my dreams upon a panther's back." I thought it was a cool line but I had no idea what to do with it so it stayed in my head for, no lie, the past 14 years. Today while walking I had two unrelated lines come to mind and I came home and put them down. The narrative started telling itself and suddenly I found my dreamer/beggar lines popping out. After having Chad and my friend Alison read it we decided to nix the panther though (or as I fondly referred to him, "Kitty".) It's part fantasy, part reality. While I'm not sure if it's more appropriate as lyrics or poetry, I'm just glad that I finally became inspired to create something new. This may change over time but here's the version that exists now.

  You came to me, a boy so tall and fine

Your eyes of blue, 

hair glimmering in the sunshine

And me a girl so new in the world

I thought I'd found my paradise

Every glance from you a promise

Calling me away, and carrying me away...

So I followed you, to the castles in your mind

and I stayed awhile, in those places lost in time.

And though I knew I could never stay

I came around and lay there anyway

And I watched as your wall of dreams

faded away...

Somewhere in the back of my mind

my own walls

were fading away...

and somewhere deep inside I knew

I was fading away.

Fading away...

And you were the dreamer

Yea, you were the dreamer,

and I was the begger packing off my dreams

Running deep into the night 

to a place you could not find me

and lure my mind away

The night grew longer 

with your mist at my heals

and I ran from the place that I was

hoping that you'd never find the door

But you found me there

and carried me home.

Now I live in this place of mirrors and smoke

waiting for that day

when truth was what you spoke

Not just dreams to surround me

but solid earthen walls

Not just promises made

but finally your all.