Working on a song (and a title) and a tune for acoustic guitar. And I can't get Bright Eyes' Bowl of Oranges tune out of my head when I sing this. Going to set it aside and come back to rework it later, fresh.
[verse I]
I dreamed I bought a ticket
for a train to god knows where
Packed no bags just took a seat
my mind was light as air
As we pulled out of the station
I noticed strangers everywhere
Their faces looked so heavy
from the thoughts they could not bear
[chorus-y type part]
And I wondered...
What is it that you share
For whom do you care
Are they no longer there
And we felt so all alone...
[verse II]
The landscape out the window
began to blur
And to my right I heard the sigh
of a fellow passenger
Their breath was strained and I felt the pain
for which there is no cure
I said I understand, reached out my hand
with intentions quite pure
[chorus-y type part]
Their eyes they said...
Are you sure
Mine said, We're in this together
It was like looking in a mirror
And everyone raised their eyes...
[bridge-y part? more speaking than singing]
And I could tell this was a dream...
When I looked down at my ticket
and did not question
No time of arrival
no destination
This was a beautiful dream...
Where we all woke up and recognized
we're all on the same journey
[verse III]
After some time the speed let up
the train released its steam
The world came into focus
in this dream within a dream
Your loss became my loss
and all the rest was so fleeting
There really is no difference
between you and me
[chorus-y type part]
And the truth of it all...
The ungraspable
The intangible
Is that we're in separable
And this is how we live on...
