I have had dreams recently about relapsing, going back to prison. Her. Nothing worse than those few seconds when you’re not quite awake and the dream seems real. This song is about that. Feedback welcome.
[Just a Dream]
[Verse 1]
Went to sleep with whiskey on my breath
Trying to drink away a hope that’s dead
Hating what got lost
Still wanting what we was
I closed my eyes and drifted away
My mind took me back to yesterday
You were right where you belonged
And for a while all the bad was gone
[Pre-Chorus]
You smiled like nothing had changed
Like time had washed away
The hurt and damage done
In a moment it was gone
[Chorus]
Just a dream of you and me
Just a dream was all we’d need
Forever lived and breathed
In everything you said to me
And every part of me
And all that we could be
Lived and died between
Every moment of just a dream
[Verse 2]
Inside your smile the world was right
Our future was never denied
And you were mine again
We never saw the end
We built a life for us
And forgot what never was
You stayed by my side
And forever never died
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Then the walls begin to twist
I saw what I had missed
Your smile began to fade
And daylight took your place
[Chorus 2]
Just a dream of you and me
Just a dream was all we’d need
Forever lived and breathed
In everything you said to me
And every part of me
And all that we could be
But things aren’t what they seem
And I woke to just a dream
[Bridge]
Morning light, an empty bed
An empty place where you once lived
The room was just as it was
But you were gone, there was no us
[Final Chorus]
Just a dream is all that’s left
Of the hope we once shared
Forever lived then died
The moment you said goodbye
Every part of what we had
Got lost in all the bad
And what we were is lost to me
Now gone with just a dream
[Outro]
Went to sleep with whiskey on my breath
Every night since you left
Written by Jason A Hearrell
06/12/2026