This song was from a dream. Mostly at the moment I only write songs when I hear them in dreams which can be annoying because I don’t always want to wake up. But I usually do, just in case there is some meaning behind it.
A bigger problem though is that dream songs have some added dimension that can’t be captured…. kind of like they are being sung from all directions at once- or there is some kind of harmony but not any harmony that can be replicated…. it is just like there is an additional dimension somehow that creates a feeling of infinite spaciousness, but when you wake up that dimension is gone & all you can write down are the melody and words. I suppose you could try to replicate that other quality with a children’s choir & orchestra, but I am lactose intolerant.
Take a step into the silence
Smell the air- the scent of violence
To close your eyes & tell us all what you see.
A single bird on the tallest tree now
From all directions a harmony
Somehow I know- we must follow his lead.
‘Yes I flew up to the tallest tree
O do you see me there? Hellow it’s me-
I have been watching you
I am the reason you cried.
I alone am the crown of kings
I am the god of birds and little things
You oughtta know by now
I’ll be the reason you die.
I fell down.
I was saved.
I was thrown.
In a pauper’s grave.’
Wading now into the water
Oh my god, are you my father?
A little boy crying there at your feet.
The waters clear & the pictures come now
From all directions the boys will drum now
A sea of men blowing into the creek.
‘Look again into the tallest tree
And you will see me there- bow to me
I have been watching you
I am the reason you cried.
I alone am the crown of kings
I am the god of birds and little things
You oughtta know by now
I’ll be the reason you fly.
I fell down.
I was saved.
I was thrown.
In a pauper’s grave.