Was It Just a Dream? (Reprise)
For a songwriting exercise, SSGY12W36. Rewrite one of your old songs using a different narrator's point of view.
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Story behind the song
I wrote the original song in 2012 and it's posted on my Soundclick page. At the time, a friend had been widowed for a year. The story was from her point of view. The reprise is in second person, from the point of view of a friend.
Lyrics
verse:
Was it just a dream
Or was he there?
You think you hear his voice
Everywhere
verse:
You've left things as they were,
His coat's still on the rack.
Was it just a dream
Or was he back?
chorus:
Seems like you're still waiting for
The sound of his key in the door
His greeting, "hello, are you there?"
His touch and the smell of his hair.
verse:
His tools are on the bench,
His books are on the shelves.
You've left things as they were
And you're still by yourself.
chorus
verse:
After all these years
No one will take his place.
But it's only in your dreams
That you can see his face.
chorus
