Story Behind The Song

it is the story of an old lady who lives in a caravan, in a beach town, who lost her husband and is still mourning that loss years later.. how every night she has dreams filled with joy and bliss where she is dancing without any shoes.. but still she wakes up and feels frozen. One night she dreams it again, but when she wakes she is free, and she sells the van and starts a new life with courage.

Song Description

a melodic story about an old lady mourning the loss of her husband who finds joy and bliss.. between piano and vocal leading into a dream sequence and a beautiful release

Lyrics

She has a radio to hide her waking memories of him
And in her mind a thousand jagged photographs
No ordinary day could win
She'd use her coffee and the crossword as a prop if she was seen
Another brightly coloured float in her parade of meaningless routine

And how she craved the sound of summer squeals and sprinklers
Braving winter nights alone
They bore a fragment of the times
When chocolate smiles and tiny kisses were her own
And though the times were often tight
He'd worked as hard as any man
One simple frame beside her bed the only clue to life
beyond this caravan

And then one night she kicked her shoes off in a dream
And danced alone until she woke her soul was free

Three years have passed of peeling paint
And season renters in her place
And she was only missed a week by those who can't recall her face
And with a courage that she'd never known
She sold to start again
And in a million years she'd never have believed
In time her broken heart would mend

And then one night she kicked her shoes off in a dream
And danced alone until she woke her soul was free
And then one night she kicked her shoes off in a dream
And when she woke her soul was free