Story Behind The Song
From my CD No Formal Training
Song Description
A story about a hospitalized patient, maybe mental, maybe not, but he can't get out, but his love that waits "curled in that dim lamplight"...
| Song Length |
3:50 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock, Folk - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Worried |
Subject |
General, Darkness |
| Similar Artists |
Pink Floyd, Warren Zevon |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Only Hope
c)2009, 2012 words and music by Warren Hein
Am I worth your time
Or have I drained your hope for me
I can see you're tired
Do you think your cowardly lion has no reprieve
I know this trip through Oz was forced to be your cause
But someday I leave this room
That wicked witch she's not dead
She's flyin' circles 'round my bed
And she still has the broom
Curled in that dim lamp light
You're my only hope tonight
You're my only hope tonight
You're my only hope
My only hope
Can I ask you this
Will you stay and christen me when I'm free?
Tell me you can wait
'Cuz outside those gates tonight is everyone but me
I've got to pay attention
That white sleeve parts the curtain
And he's no wizard to me
His best intentions and prescribed inventions
I know I know still can't help me sleep