Song Description
How do you grow older with your dreams? Do you allow them to grow and change as you grow and change, or do you hold onto something that seems ever more unattainable?
| Song Length |
2:39 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative, Folk - Rock |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Composed, Poignant |
Subject |
Dreams, Age, Aging |
| Similar Artists |
Tracy Chapman, John Mayer |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
I pray on my Holy Ghost
And I philosophize
I keep things moving in my head...
But everything that I shift
Leaves an empty space
Sadness rushes in in its stead
Because everywhere I turn I see a little bit of blue
And I can't help but feel I should be better than, better than this
City so full of dreams that won't ever come true.
I know now.
How do you measure a dream
Fit it to your form
When you dreamt it as a kid in school?
Can you wear it despite
Time's ever-quickening flight
And all of the times you felt a fool?
Because every song I sing has got a little bit of blue
And I can't help but feel I should be better than, better than this
Dream that I held so tight, but maybe outgrew
What do I do?
What do I do?
I give myself another dare
Rip up the map and just don't care
And move on
Through highways packed with fancy cars
Hills littered with broken stars
Who hold on
I won't wait
I'll move on
I pray on my Holy Ghost
And I philosophize
I keep things moving in my head