Tell You My Dream
Compose a dramatic electronic-orchestral song about urgently sharing a bad dream. Feature pulsing synths, piano, violin, low toms, and ghostly vocal layers to express dread, mystery, and a vision of the future.
Lyrics
Intro]
I call your name
Before I'm fully awake
Sheets on the floor
My hands still shaking
[Verse 1]
There was smoke in the daylight
Ash in your hair
You were asking me something
But you weren’t there
All the clocks on the walls
Froze at the same time
And your shadow stepped forward
But you stayed behind
[Pre-Chorus]
I can still feel
That cold on my skin
Like the room knew
What we’re walking in
[Chorus]
Wake you before it happens
Before the sky turns that color from my sleep
I saw your face in the sirens
You were standing where the ground began to bleed
I don’t know if it’s madness
Or a warning that is burning through my chest
So I’m shaking you in the darkness
Begging you to hear it
Hear it
(before it happens)
[Verse 2]
There were towers like teeth
Biting into the clouds
Every window was watching
Every heartbeat too loud
You kept reaching for something
I could not see
Then your fingers went right
Through the side of me
[Pre-Chorus]
I can still taste
The metal in air
Like the future
Was already there
[Chorus]
Wake you before it happens
Before the sky turns that color from my sleep
I saw your face in the sirens
You were standing where the ground began to bleed
I don’t know if it’s madness
Or a warning that is burning through my chest
So I’m shaking you in the darkness
Begging you to hear it
Hear it
(before it happens)
[Bridge]
What if this is not just fear?
What if this is how it starts?
If I tell you every detail
Can we tear it all apart?
Your pulse against my palm
Is a fragile little drum
If we leave this bed together
Maybe that future never comes (never comes)
[Chorus]
Wake you before it happens
Before the sky turns that color from my sleep
I saw your face in the sirens
You were standing where the ground began to bleed
I don’t care if it’s madness
I will carry every fragment till it rests
So I’m shaking you in the darkness
Begging you to hear it
Hear it
(before it happens)
[Outro]
I call your name
While the night holds its breath
Tell you my dream
Like I’m fighting off death
If we move when I say
If we listen right now
Maybe morning breaks different
Maybe time learns how