

Prompt / 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)
Tags
rock, Warm country rock band with weeping solo violin intro, then a bright mid-tempo groove. Male vocals in a gravelly Leonard Cohen–style murmur; verses stay sparse with picked acoustic and low organ, choruses lift with brushed drums, twangy electric, and soft female harmonies. Energy blooms from fragile to quietly triumphant, violin returning between sections as a shivering melodic echo., vocal, violin, country rock, slow, happy
4:09
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2/27/2026