Lyrics
[Intro]
[violin crying
Alone]
Slow bow on an empty chair
Dust dancing in a yellow square
Old hands folded
Eyes half closed
Mouth moves first
Then the story flows
[Verse 1]
I made a wish on a porch light
Flicker on my wedding ring
Said
"Let me keep the ones I love
I don't care what the dark might bring"
Rain in the rusted gutter
Her laugh in the kitchen steam
I held that house like a harbor
That was the wish
That was the dream
[Chorus]
Wish
Dream
Nightmare
All in the same old bed
One hand holds the daylight
One hand fights the dread
I keep waking in the middle
Of a life I can't repair
Wish
Dream
Nightmare
Same whisper in the prayer
[Verse 2]
I dreamed I walked beside her
Through fields we used to know
She was young
And I was younger
Than these boots and this bent back show
She said
"Love
You did your best
You just stayed when the storm hit hard"
Then she stepped through a broken fence
And I woke up
At the end of the yard
[Chorus]
Wish
Dream
Nightmare
All in the same old bed
One hand holds the daylight
One hand fights the dread
I keep waking in the middle
Of a life I can't repair
Wish
Dream
Nightmare
Same whisper in the prayer
[Bridge]
Sometimes the nightmare's gentle
Just a table with one less plate (oh)
Sometimes the nightmare's honest
Shows the hurt I helped create
But every time I rise and breathe
Bare feet on a cold wood floor
That violin in my ribcage
Starts to sing
"Ask once more"
[Chorus]
Wish
Dream
Nightmare
All in the same old bed
If I'm cursed to keep on hoping
Then I'm blessed to love instead
I keep waking in the middle
Of a life I still can bear
Wish
Dream
Nightmare
Same whisper in the prayer
(same whisper in the prayer)
[Outro]
[violin returns
Softer]
Old hands open on the table
Morning light in thinning hair
I make a wish on this small day
That's my dream
That's my nightmare
(that's my dream)
Style
rockwarm country rock band with weeping solo violin introthen a bright mid-tempo groove. male vocals in a gravelly leonard cohen–style murmur; verses stay sparse with picked acoustic and low organchoruses lift with brushed drumstwangy electricand soft female harmonies. energy blooms from fragile to quietly triumphantviolin returning between sections as a shivering melodic echo.vocalviolincountry rockslowhappy
Prompt
Violin crying intro, happy country rock glad melody, slow dark old man Leonard cohen shivering vocal about a wish, a dream, a nightmare
Credits
Prompt by
James6346
James6346GeneratedFeb 27, 2026
ModelAria v5
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