Lyrics "Wishes and Dreams"
WISHES AND DREAMS
Verse:
All of my life I have prayed there’s a place for me. -- Safe from the storm and safe from the fear.
Safe from the thought that I’m never quite good enough.
Don’t know where that place is, but it damned sure isn’t here.
CHORUS:
Whenever I dare to think the unthinkable. -- It only leads to impossible dreams.
Dreaming a dream doesn’t mean you can live in it. -- My life can never be quite what it seems.
Verse:
Life is often hard, and sometimes impossible. -- Trapped in a dream that I can’t wake up from.
Heaven can wait, and Hell is reality. -- No guarantees, that tomorrow will come.
Verse:
I once touched love.... and then watched it slip away. -- Love is my hopeless, untouchable goal.
Love’s not been lost, but love is unreachable. --- Never complete, and never quite whole.
Bridge:
Small frightened people demanding “normality.” -- Small frightened people exactly like me.
We’ve all got secrets and things we can’t talk about. -- Tyrannical secrets that won’t leave us be.
Verse:
Wishes and dreams can’t compete with reality. -- Desolate fear lies in wait – bides it’s time.
Forsaken by God and by all that is dear to me. -- Hopeless and stoic, I await that final rhyme.
Comments
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I'd be curious to see how you put that to music. do you have a melody in mind?
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I'm with B... Got a melody in mind?
The lyric seems ready for song!
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"wishes and dreams" gets used in the final verse, otherwise it's all dreams. If you chose to build upon that title it could be worthwhile having some more lines about wishes, to balance it. Or even try to make "wishes and dreams" a hook in your chorus.
My favorite phrase is "Tyrannical secrets" that's got a bite!
I can't quite imagine the music for this one, so look forward to hearing it, if and when.
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I've got no melody of any kind for this. And, I think a little too much of it to to just let A.I. choose an instrumental and melody. If anyone wants to take a crack at it, they would be welcome to do so. Eventually, I'll find a vocal melody, and work from there. But for now. . . it's just a lyric. If I find some money just laying around, I'll pay someone to develop it. It will almost certainly turn out better that way.
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https://suno.com/song/6fb2f8db-8a5d-4e2f-a6df-cde399eed072
In v2 Life is often hard, and sometimes impossible , you might. rethink that line , Since it was just in chorus
Here ya go , used a female promt
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this my take,
Chicago version : https://suno.com/s/KiTlFZS2VKLmbCrC
Tower of Power version : https://soundcloud.com/bill-hengen-72395628/impossible-dreams/s-yEeFBdfWOm3?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=2c0cd3e70e5f4a60a64fcd22e789ce7b
The title Impossible dreams, might sound better.
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I loved a lot abou this one. I had 80 bpm in my head, and this was even slower (and better.) I loved the whole prompt you used, and (with your permission) will use all or parts of it in the future. The female voice worked really well, particularly with the "weary" vocal.
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Both of them are excellent. I liked the "tower of power" version a little better. Faster, and more positive/optimistic than I imagined, but that was the vibe both bands utilized. . . often contrasting the instrumental with fairly bleak lyrics. 25 or 6 to 4 comes to mind. Thanks.
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you're welcome, it's actually sounds better when you move from a Dm to GM key.
I also made some changes to your lyrics, but minor changes.
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Do you mind if I publish this as a remix,?
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It's almost always necessary to make minor lyrical changes to accomodate music. No serious lyricist is likely to mind minor changes. I appreciate what you did there.
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Not a bit. Just to be clear, it doesn't mean that I won't someday develop it further myself in a different direction, but I'm not at all possessive with my lyrics.
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Thanks. I really appreciate it.
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I kept true to your vision and intent. I've seen other people critique a song, and the mods they are suggesting changes the meaning of the entire line, which I don't think is correct.
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Let me know when you get it done. I'll want to listen. I'm really fascinated by where it's going. Both of your versions AND Elvis's "outlaw country" version. I'm genuinely surprised at what both of you have been able to make of this. BTW. . . if you want it, I re-wrote the lyric last night to clean up some problem areas I saw. Let me know if you want to see where it went, and I'll send you a D.M. with the changes. Or, maybe I'll just post the newer version here.
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Sure, that would be interesting to read :).. I've published it - https://suno.com/s/KiTlFZS2VKLmbCrC
I just realized that after hearing elvis's version and mine, the difference is elvis's version is played in bars and mine at dr offices :)
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I vote for Tower of Power, or do it as early 70s Chicago and not late 80s Chicago ;)
Problem with "Impossible Dream" is that's already a rather famous song... to dream the impossible dream...
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It was done as a chicago version, I had posted two examples, chicago and tower of power
Chicago version : https://suno.com/s/KiTlFZS2VKLmbCrC
It's not a problem as one is Titled "The Impossible dream" and this is "Impossible dreams" with two entirely different meanings
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