#violescence

The violet song from my color album. It's loosely based on a friend I used to have, who only existed in my dreams. I think I first met her when I was about 5, and around the time I was 11 was when I stopped seeing her. Since then I've had a small handful of other people mention her in my dreams, but she hasn't come back.

I don't believe it was anything supernatural, just a product of an active imagination, but I've always wondered where she went.

Some of you with a very keen memory may recognize the lines in the chorus and the last line of the second verse; they were originally used in another song I wrote a few years ago that I have since scrapped and deleted. I picked those few out and kept them.

I like to imagine this song starting very soft with a simple piano part and vocals and crescendo-ing into a full band sound, with drums and guitars and maybe some orchestration. I want it to be a strong and memorable final track. This might look ugly on mobile.

It's like a million lights going out at once to let the night settle in. It's like a thousand mirrors in a hall reflecting what's within. Lightning bugs glowing in the dark, light up and disappear. I draw the curtains and lay down, softly I pray now, I hope somewhere you'll hear:

Goodbye, and goodnight. I don't know what it was, But it was strange enough to be real.

And when I look back you were always my means to an end, Dreams and memories, all at once, imaginary friend. I can't describe this feeling in my gut, but it's saying this was right,

Goodbye, and goodnight. I don't know what it was, But it was strange enough to be real. Goodbye, and goodnight. I don't know what it was, But it was strange enough to be real.

Can't count on my mind, A memory of a memory of a time gone by, Silent, but still present, Laps across the room, soft and violescent. Said no goodbyes, Just "See you next time."

Goodbye, and goodnight. I don't know what it was, But it was strange enough to be real.

Sometimes I look at the moon, and wonder if somewhere you are too...

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