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I Dreamt I Was

by Carson O'Keeffe

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1.
Tidal Wave 04:17
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tidal wave, oh what have you come to claim? tidal wave, oh what have you come to save? tidal wave, oh when you come call my name - no lord, oh I, no I won't be afraid my poppa came down the stairs & he said to me 'there's a telephone call for you in the pantry' I picked up the other line & it said to me 'are you ready for infinity?' & don't you worry bout me if I'm at sea don't you worry bout me ah oh! I won't be drowning, no I'll float I got an anchor but I'm a boat tidal wave, oh what have you come to claim? tidal wave, oh what have you come to save? tidal wave, oh when you come call my name I'm gonna ride that tidal wave! & don't you worry bout me if I'm at sea don't you worry bout me ah oh! I won't be drowning, no I'll float I got an anchor but I'm a boat tidal wave, oh tidal wave, oh
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In the Cave 05:07
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I was in the cave with you I agreed to go in the dark with you I felt I could move mountains with you like a breath, I moved with you in and out through you it was silly, too vulnerable to be pumping blood out there with you my ship pretty much tied to yours like we were floating on a red sea a dead sea, too salty, too dense yet a totally buoyant sea - that's how you felt to me like buoyancy, my tongue censored to a delicacy but you were foreign to me totally & completely new to me but also old to me, like fear to me you were like the feeling of fear I was in the cave with you I agreed to go in the dark with you I felt I could move mountains with you I thought that I could balance you I saw so much glowing inside of you amidst all the darkness, there were crystals in you amidst all the crystals, there was darkness too & I wanted to explore all the pathways in you how the sunlight refracted off the walls of you how rays bent & prayed to be frayed by you your seams gleaming with bursting beams I thought I knew you but I didn't know anything I saw your sign and it said nothing I didn't know where you led me till you left me there I was in the cave with you I agreed to go in the dark with you I felt I could move mountains with you I saw you as a story unfolding I saw you as a flower just blooming I saw you as everything new moving forward towards something greater shifting fate, shedding weight oh boy when we were in that cave you amazed me & you challenged me you loved me & you dazzled me you scared me but you wooed me you didn't & yet you knew me you surprised me when you found me but you lost me yeah you left me I was in the cave with you I agreed to go in the dark with you I felt I could move mountains with you I dreamt I loved you so much part of me imploded a jagged gaping thing it felt inside of me, till it rotted like a maze to my misery sad sad sad it amazes me sad sad sad my naivety I was in the dark with you but I wanted to find a way to be with you cause I loved you I was in the cave with you I agreed to go in the dark with you I felt I could move mountains with you
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Only A Child 03:48
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when you were only a child life came to you akimbo & wide when you were only a child your mind didn't tame the wild stood on the ground upside down knowing yourself all the while when you were only a child learned to distrust familiar touch hands on your thigh made you shy I saw the lights they were spinning in the night I told the lie that got us safe when you were only a child men came to you demanded you smile when you were only a child life was unfettered yet riled mountains, they seemed so low & yet wide when I was only a child & the sound it made when I fell down that cave & you said where does that tunnel go? & all the while you were learning & all the while you were growing & all the while you were knowing how God has saved what got us safe how God has saved when you were only a child life came to you akimbo & wide when I was only a child
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Key Code 06:14
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I could say don't worry but sometimes you just gotta do I'd like to listen to your thinking I got my own thoughts too well indeed I felt much wiser in my youth I had that hope still that all my earnest efforts might just lead us back to truth when they split me open - & they did they pulled apart my head like pulling back a curtain - I saw the devil standing by me with his claws out, yeah he was lurking then flowers burst out; birds part of me just flew away fell to earth well you know I don't want to be afraid anymore I could say don't worry I could say it'll all be alright but I'd rather listen to your thinking cause you know I'd lie here with you all night cause they taught me that same shame just like you I've lied awake - reeling from that very same ache tracing the thick stalks and stems of pain cause lord knows dreaming ain't anything that you can fake - I tried well you know I don't want for you to be afraid though I gotta say I take comfort in the fact that we both got blades in the morning when you're sleeping finally peaceful dreaming I like to lay there and listen to your gentle breathing such comfort comes from a restful, tender, loving place I watch the sunlight as it plays across your face cause you know I just want for you to feel so safe and I don't want for us to be afraid
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Honeysuckle 02:41
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honeysuckle oh, berry wine I wanna drink of you all of the time cause you bring such sweet sweet love to me puppy kisses oh, sugar rose you find a way to fit into the space between my toes with your little nose & your gentle lips ah, give me a kiss cause you bring such sweet sweet love to me even when you're far away I, I can feel you, babe in every way I don't need your touch for you to touch me cause you bring such sweet love to me you say it's here you can feel the light I say yeah baby you know that's right cause our love is quite a luminescent sight to see because you bring such sweet love to me oh yeah our love is quite a luminescent sight to see because you bring such sweet love to me you bring me sweet love, sweet love you bring me sweet love, sweet love sweet love
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Escaping Going Gone 04:31
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where am I, where am I feel I've lost myself again not that I'm not on the right path cause I know I've always been but I took a curve, a sharp bend & I'm out of sight trees scattering the falling faltering sunlight where have I gone? just as I chose to enter the cave so I can choose to leave again it's been a long time I knew that love could hurt it's been a long time I knew that love could hurt have I lost my way can't know these days could I embrace or snuff the ember of this flame am I destined to stand alone naked, cowering in shame with you yelling loud hands around my waist my head all wrapped up in a cloud escaping - gotta go, I gotta go when you're around I'm gone escaping - going - gone do you know how this feels is this how you deal do you know how this feels is this how you deal yeah cause you really know how to deal yeah you really know you really know how to deal oh yeah you oh yeah you oh, yeah, you oh, you I'm gonna do my best I'm gonna really try I'm gonna try so hard to forgive you & remember why I love you I really loved us you went & threw me under the bus oh yeah you went & threw me oh yeah you oh yeah you oh, yeah, you oh, yeah, you escaping going gone
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Hunker Down 05:31
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sheriff say he got a case for me he call investigation family well I got my mission & it take me Illinois, Chicago, no I won't be silent shamed or forgot I'm gonna get my guns while the gettin's hot cowboy dan lent a hand strapped all my limbs to his bed cowboy dan lent a hand burned all the hairs off my legs police say they got a clue for me they're bringing back a piece of my identity navy blue sure do look pretty but I'm a woman & that means I'm oh so silly they say they found me they say they found me they say they found me with a gun in my mouth I don't recall I don't recall why don't you tell me about it all? hunker down! he got my face spinning round he got my teeth turning brown he got my crown stuck in the roof of his snout we were we were we were in the belly of the beast we were we were crying out cause we couldn't see goddamn you! had me beguiled goddamn you! had me dragging for miles goddamn you! kept me swindled good goddamn my papa said he gonna pull down your hood fare thee well fare thee well fare thee well my poppa's getting his gun I would if I were you - I'd leave town my daddy said he gonna come shoot you down I would if I were you - I would leave town my poppa said that he gonna come shoot you down aren't we aren't we aren't we family? I would if I were you - I would leave town my poppa said that he gonna come shoot you down

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released July 29, 2015

all music* & words by Carson O'Keeffe

*lead ukulele (Tidal Wave) & backup guitar (Key Code)
composed & performed by Jack Dwyer

recorded & produced by Carson O'Keeffe
with the help of Dylan Satterfield
album art created by Carson O'Keeffe

www.carsonokeeffe.com

copyright 2015 Carson O. Satterfield, all rights reserved.

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