A very, very long time ago, I was feeling sorry for myself, and being really mopey and emo. I started questioning the point of doing music and wondering if I should keep working at it. There was this overwhelming sense that if I were to quietly stop doing music, nobody would really notice.
In recent months, I went through a similar existential meltdown. I wasn’t sure what I was doing nor what I was doing it for. In the end, it all kinda sorted out. Obviously, I feel the need to keep making music, and I don’t see that ever changing. I’m not really sure what the purpose of it all is, but then, who really does, right? We’ll just see where it goes.
Anyway, even though I wrote the lyrics many years ago, I still felt them. And I finally set them to chords and melody tonight. Anyway, here’s the words:
My Dreams
By Mark Hansen
Lyrics: 1/22/2006, Music: 3/30/2011
Last night I dreamed two dreams…
I could hear the music playing
And I stepped onto the stage
I was blinded by the spotlight
I couldn’t see beyond the cage
And the words that I was singing
Sounded through the air
Echoed off the ceiling
And fell down on the chairs
And when the song was over
And I listened for the applause
I saw the house lights flicker
Lighting up the empty hall
Chorus:
Is there anybody out there
That is hearing what I say
Is there anybody listening
Listening anyway
I dreamed I saw a distant forest
In its depths there was a tree
Its limbs were growing, stretching, reaching
But there was no one there to see
It could feel the seasons changing
And the trunk and roots grew old
Its leaves flew in the new wind
The limbs too tired to hold
And in the end it tired of fighting
And fell broken to the ground
Since there was no one there to listen
It died without a sound
Chorus
Bridge:
So why isn’t it enough
To sing it just for me
Why can’t I just sing it out
And let the music set me free
Chorus
In recent months, I went through a similar existential meltdown. I wasn’t sure what I was doing nor what I was doing it for. In the end, it all kinda sorted out. Obviously, I feel the need to keep making music, and I don’t see that ever changing. I’m not really sure what the purpose of it all is, but then, who really does, right? We’ll just see where it goes.
Anyway, even though I wrote the lyrics many years ago, I still felt them. And I finally set them to chords and melody tonight. Anyway, here’s the words:
My Dreams
By Mark Hansen
Lyrics: 1/22/2006, Music: 3/30/2011
Last night I dreamed two dreams…
I could hear the music playing
And I stepped onto the stage
I was blinded by the spotlight
I couldn’t see beyond the cage
And the words that I was singing
Sounded through the air
Echoed off the ceiling
And fell down on the chairs
And when the song was over
And I listened for the applause
I saw the house lights flicker
Lighting up the empty hall
Chorus:
Is there anybody out there
That is hearing what I say
Is there anybody listening
Listening anyway
I dreamed I saw a distant forest
In its depths there was a tree
Its limbs were growing, stretching, reaching
But there was no one there to see
It could feel the seasons changing
And the trunk and roots grew old
Its leaves flew in the new wind
The limbs too tired to hold
And in the end it tired of fighting
And fell broken to the ground
Since there was no one there to listen
It died without a sound
Chorus
Bridge:
So why isn’t it enough
To sing it just for me
Why can’t I just sing it out
And let the music set me free
Chorus
Come back often to hear about new songs and shows. Mark also has other sites and blogs, including his Dutch Oven blog: Mark's Black Pot and his LDS pop culture blog: MoBoy blog.
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