Story Behind the Song
I began writing the lyrics to this song in 1998, and probably finished them in early 2000. Some songs are like that. As thrilling as it is to sit down and write a song in 10 or 15 minutes, I tend to think my better songs are ones that are started at one point in my life, and then completed at another point. "Your Special Day" was like that, and a song called "Slow Motion" that will be on the next album was like that. As was "I Know About Dreams."
You'll start writing something, but for whatever reason, you just can't finish it - and you're really not sure why. Then maybe weeks, months, even years later, you finally have the experience to finish the song. It definitely makes you feel as if there was a "higher" reason for writing that particular song. Even incomplete, the song remains with you - as if saying, "Go do your thing, I'll be waiting over here for when you're ready." Hmm...well, that's one weird way to look at it.
So, "I Know About Dreams" is about acknowledging your limitations and acknowledging the fact that your dreams may not come true, but not letting that stop your actions and your attitude about life.
Lyrics
If my life was a novel,
Id have trouble with Chapter One
Chapter Three would be ok,
but the rest would never come
If my life was a movie,
Id be an extra in an epic
Maybe shout out a few lines,
if things got too hectic
If my life was a feather,
it would float along the seas,
Settle on a desert island,
at least thats where I hope it would be
If my life were a sunrise,
it would brighten all your days,
It would remain with you forever,
or until I could take you away
I know about dreams
If my life were a song,
it would probably be so off-key
Id surely miss a few words,
and forget the melody
If my life were a painting,
all the colors would bleed
Into one another,
distorting what the whole world sees
If my life were the ocean,
it would long to be a sea
Maybe a lake or a pond
or a river or a stream
If my life were the sky,
it would lay wide open just for you
It would beg for you to fly,
it would forever remain blue
I know about dreams
I know about dreams,
I know about fantasies
I know about you,
youre yet to learn about me
I know about dreams,
I know about fantasies
I try to focus on you,
your eyes stare straight past me
I know about dreams,
I know about fantasies
I know about you,
youd best not learn about me
I know about dreams,
I know about fantasies
I try to reach out for you,
but you just drift away from me
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