[corkboyinexile]

I wrote this song two weeks ago. The story behind it is when you have one of those lucid dreams, where you are just between sleep and wake and you fully aware that you are dreaming but everything seams so real it seems too good until something happens that completely brings you back to reality.
The name comes from a quote of the old man and the sea by ernest hemmingway, when he is struggling with the fish and he finally sees him and he comments on its sheer beauty.

I play this song to a slow strummed G variation.

A Glimpse of Vision

Last night I had this lucid dream,
With just this girl I love, and I.
Something happened halfway through,
And when I woke all I could do was cry.

We went swimming on a summers eve,
Just before the sun had set.
We laughed and played in the clear blue water,
Her face was glistening and her hair was wet.

Then something happened happened I can't explain,
I looked but she was nowhere to be found.
In desperation I swam for hours and hours,
But inside I knew my girl, my love had drowned.

Last night a girl died in my dreams,
It felt so real that I could touch her.
I held out my hand, but she was gone,
And now it hurts because I miss her.

When I awoke, fear ran right through my body,
I woke shaking in a cold sweat.
I lost her in life and now too in my dreams,
So I shed a few tears of regret.

I sat up alone in my bed,
And wiped those tears from face.
I must have sat there for over an hour,
Just staring at an empty space.......where she used to lie.

Last night a girl died in my dreams,
It felt so real that I could touch her.
I held out my hand, but she was gone,
And now it hurts because I love her.

Last night a girl died in my dreams,
It felt so real that I could touch her.
I held out my hand, but she was gone,
And now it hurts because I still love her.
You know I do.