Dreaming

Current mood: can’t even describe how spaced out I am
Currently listening to: Shenmue Dreaming While I Wake OC Remix

Sometimes music just fits my mood perfectly. This song has been known to move me to tears. Click the link above to download this song (I’m serious – download it now), and then these lyrics will make sense. (I’ve highlighted some of my favorite and most meaningful parts.)

It’s 3 AM and I’m drifting
Staring at an illuminous screen, I’m pondering
What am I doing and why am I here?
It’s times like these when my future isn’t clear
In that place between when you’re asleep and awake
The time that you see yourself so hard to take
That sleepless while where it all falls apart
I wonder how in the world did I get this far?

But then I dream that I am who I want to be
That I’m successful and I’m free
Life’s no longer a mystery
I’m a hero on the big screen
I’m romantic hopelessly
I’m a soldier, a pioneer
There is no pain
I have no fear

Dreaming while I wake, I am so free
When I rise I know my fate, and it makes me believe

I’m a poet, a Renaissance man
I’m a lone wolf with a battle plan
I’m never alone when I’m with friends
I can look into my own eyes again
I can throw everything to the wind
Without any worries at all
‘cuz when I dream, I fly so high
I know I can never fall

(No worries, no fears, no nightmares, no tears)

But then I dream that I am who I want to be
That I’m successful and I’m free
Life’s no longer a mystery
I’m a hero on the big screen
I’m romantic hopelessly
I’m a soldier, a pioneer
There is no pain
I have no fear

And so, I dream…