riley vincentkeehl

I dreamt that I was really hungry, and went into a small, unfamiliar pub to get some food. The bar was in the center of the room, and there was a performing stage off to the side.

I kept trying to get someone’s attention to order food because I was super hungry. But one of the waiters explained to me that they’re about to do karaoke and it’s a huge deal there, and basically they don’t care about providing service to people at all unless they participate in the karaoke in some way.

I’m desperate for food so volunteer to sing and go pick a song. I don’t recognize a single song in the catalog, but I see that one of them is flagged as specifically being a “simple blues song.” I wager that I stand a decent shot at just keeping my eyes on the lyrics and following what I hear.

I get on stage to perform, and my reasoning was correct. The song was so simple that I could follow right along without ever having heard it before. But despite its simplicity, it was also bizarre:

The lyrics were just—

“I can get you active active active active baby,

I can get you active active active active baby,

I can get you active active active active baby,

I can get you active active active active baby,

I can …”

—repeating the whole time. Like, the melody changed around to follow the music, but the lyrics were only this.