new track: 'When I Dream'

Recently, I had a project for my songwriting class in which we had to do a "produced song."  That is to say a song that is of presentable, produced quality - whether recorded or performed live - such that you would feel comfortable presenting it in that way to a panel of publishers.  I was at a loss as to what to do for the project, so I took my go-to method and decided to dig through my old stuff.

To make a large understatement, my average song has always had a fairly long gestation period. My standard protocol was to come up with an idea, record it, develop it a little bit, then forget about it and move on to some other new idea. As a result, my hard drive is full of tons of old ideas, which is kinda bad, but also pretty good.  My album I released last year is almost entirely composed of songs that were 2-3 years old by the time I finished them up and got them album-ready.

So anyway, I took a song I had started during the summer of 2005 and worked it up to demo quality.  It was originally a Sting-ish pop track, but now has almost a Postal Service kind of electronic vibe to it.

Just two more things.  First, now that I have a vocal mic that fits my specific voice really well, and now that I have my mixer back and can use its preamps instead of the cheesy digital ones built into my audio card, it is a million times easier to capture a nice sounding vocal track.  You'll see what I mean when you listen to the track.  Secondly, I play a "bass solo" on this and be forwarned: I AM NOT A BASSIST.

Lyrics:

Verse 1:

When I dream I dream of you,

When I sleep, you're in my dreams,

I just wish you felt it too,

You've gone away or so it seems.

As I go throughout my day,

your voice echoes in my thoughts,

Nothing keeps my mind at bay,

I can't let go my heart is caught.

Chorus:

Yesterday and yesteryear

fade aimlessly away

and the words that tell our history

lay graying on the page.

My weary heart grows still,

and I bide my time until

I find there's something I can do

but in the meantime,

when I dream I dream of you.

Verse Two:

When I look, you're all I see,

Who you are is what I need,

You mean everything to me,

but if you leave I won't impede.

[Chorus]

When I dream I dream of you,

When I sleep, you're in my dreams,

I just wish you felt it too,

You've gone away or so it seems.