written summer 2005
and then the wind blew through and swept you from my grip
and i looked around and wondered where you went
and was it just a dream, to me?
send a postcard to the darkside of the world
trade a phone call for a hundred dollar bill
and was it just a dream, to me?
was it just a dream
a song too sweet to sing
was it just a dream, to me?
conversations on an imaginary page
faceless fingers bridge the distance 'cross this space
and was it just a dream, to me?
was it just a dream
a song too sweet to sing
was it just a dream, to me?
but it was worth the wait
to be with you here today
to look in your eyes and say
that i love you
will you stay with me tonight?
and stay until the end of time
will you tie your life to mine?
until the sun falls from the sky
will you stay with me tonight?
and for the rest of our lives
will you tie your heart to mine?
forever
maybe it was just a dream
maybe it was a dream
come true because we believed
about this song:
My best friend and my brother, Nathan Hale, asked me to write a song for his wedding. Now, I don't usually write well on a specific, requested topic. And I certainly don't usually write well on a deadline. I started a song, and for about 6 weeks had these 6 little lines, chorus fragments, and nothing more. On a church campout a few days ago, I was playing around with it and started playing something completely different. So I tossed the other aside and decided to go with the new stuff and see where it went. It was done less than two hours later.
I think there are probably very few people besides Nathan and Amber, if any, who have experienced their relationship over the years to the extent that I have. I have watched them as they lived through 2 full years of very long distance, and I have often done my best to encourage Nathan through the hard times and remind him that the future would be worth the present.
So in writing this song, I couldn't help but write from Nathan's perspective, in as much as I have experienced this relationship through him, and to the extent that I have understood it from him. In my mind, this song picks up at Nathan's and my high school graduation, the beginning of their long distance relationship, and moves through the three years that have brought us to today. Some parts are probably kind of cryptic, but I'm sure they'll be crystal clear to Nathan, and probably pretty easily understood by many of those I grew up with, who have experienced the same kind of separation to at least some extent. Other parts of the song are very straight forward. If you still don't understand it, ask me. If I like you, maybe I'll explain it to you.
Well, that's enough rambling on. Without any further adue... This is dedicated to Nathan and Amber (soon to be) Hale, on the event of their long-awaited wedding.
All the love.
: 7/12/2005 10:01 PM 
