Story Behind The Song
This song was written in the early nineties and finally completed in 1999. It was written in Las Vegas and produced and recorded in New England.
Song Description
This is a song about an individual who is living in the present modern day but has flashbacks to a former life in the Wild West. he ends up being hanged because while defending himself he shoots the sheriff.
| Song Length |
3:16 |
Genre |
Rock - Progressive Rock, Rock - Classic |
| Tempo |
Floating |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Disturbed, Moving |
Subject |
Violence, Falling in Love |
| Similar Artists |
The Doors, Kris Kristofferson |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1800 - 1899 |
| |
Lyrics
You can hear the people laughing
as the hangman comes along
the outlaw"s on the gallows but
he's done nothing wrong
then you wake from your nightmare it was just a false alarm but you wonder why you see the face of the one you recognize
Chorus
what are you gonna do when the Sun is high
what are you gonna do when your mouth is dry
You were asleep but I was dreaming
I was wide awake but you were sleeping
As your dreams move slowly toward the reality
appears that your dreams are not a nightmare but a paranoia of fear
Now you relive the nightmare its driving you insane they say you shot the sheriff but that was self defense
Chorus
solo
Now you wake up to the morning to the light that burns you eyes and you realize it was just a dream a face in a life you once r-e-c-o-g-n-i-zed