Dream (The Core)

from Across The Road by John Christian

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I wrote this song in 2007 and have not recorded it until now.

In 1996 when I was 39 my friend told me that he stopped dreaming when he was 22. He lives from day to day with no hope and no dreams. I was shocked. How can a person live like that I wondered.

This rang in my ears for years until in 2007 I had write this song. The core refers to the very place you need to be in order to be happy.

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You cheat; I plead; it weighs me down
The soul and strain have not been found
To try is want of hope
To give accept and cope
The final trials now have rebound

This legion of my loyalty
Reminds most that they are not free
Envision as you pray
Only then the courses lay
To be at peace or just to be

This fading strength I call my own
Will not protect you when I’m gone
I see it in a dream
Before me so serene
When I awake I know there’s one way home

So go and dream and fear no more
No one will uneven the score
It’s not what you conceive
It’s more what you believe
Then by the dream you reach the core

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from Across The Road, released May 25, 2016
John Christian - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, bass, organ, drums, arrangements, and production.

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