FAWM: "Cameo (In Your Dreams)"

Cameo (In Your Dreams)

3 weeks ago by @jeff9

Liner Notes

#dreampop (or something) #biab
Ok, dropping in a second song here that was put together the week just before the FAWM green flag was actually waved today. I'm going to miss a few days of FAWMing in week 3, so I'm rationalizing that this is only marginally cheating. And whereas my first three this year are ones stripped down to the barest bones, this one is a full blown production number with some instrumental help by my session musician bandmates courtesy of Band In A Box.

I'm definitely late to the party for being a fan of Australia's The Paper Kites, but I listened to "At the Roadhouse" about a hundred times last year and it definitely bled into the thinking for this one.

Lyrics

Cameo (In Your Dreams)

V1
You’re swirling again
Autumn leaves in the wind
Every time you leave him
You grieve a little less
But I can heal your bitter heart
We can work on the rest

Chorus
All I really want
Is a cameo
In your dreams
For you to wake and wonder
Why you found me there
What it means
Let me be the one who changes
Everything

V2
How deep should I dig
Am I thinking too big
What memories are sacred
When ignorance is bliss
Should we even care about
Stuff as trivial as this

Repeat Chorus

BR
Your perfect silhouette
Still a shadow
It’s ok to forget
All the pain
You’ll bloom like a rose
Reaching for the rain

Repeat Chorus

Comments

@james10 1h

Love this one 👏

Very poignant. Who hasn't felt unrequited love?

@crisp1 6d

I really like this, Jeff. It's a bit out of your "usual" (whatever that is these days...) but that soothing tone you give to your vocals here is super relaxing. I wasn't able to get in any listening the first two weeks and I see you have given me some catching up to do!

@gwynjones 6d

A song that just transports and transfixes...you've got such a rich voice and the production is perfection!

@hornesgiftshop 1w

Lovely song. I don't know the Paper Kites (I'll go and listen after this) but I hear echoes of other great Australians, the Triffids and Go Betweens. Great to hear a big production.

@jerrypettit 1w

One of your best. I think I've mentioned that BIAB is what I use for my own backgrounds--been using it since 1992. You've got the skills down--a really terrific arrangement! And, that vocal... ❤️

@greengrassgirl 2w

I love how the Chorus comes in...so dreamy. And the story is right up my alley. Nice work.

@musicsongwriter 2w

Beautiful romantic song, singing and playing. So wonderful to listen to. Warm and welcoming.

@danieldeshon 2w

Simply beautiful. Bravo!
Wonderful vocal, along with top-notch performance & an excellent mix.

@jibbidy34 3w

Yes lovely and wistful, nostalgic, romantic. ‘Cameo in your dreams’ is a great concept and sentiment. My favourite line is ‘like a rose reaching for the rain’. Awesome

@chill4matt 3w

Lovely romantic song. Your vocals are tight and your lyrics are welcoming. Good stuff for your second song here today! :)

@sbs 3w

Beautiful lyrics so romantically sung! Love this!

@billwhite51 3w

this is super romantic. the chorus is brilliant, with one of those lines that is so spot on that it is a wonder nobody thought of it before. the production is so slow and relaxed. this is a song to win the heart of any girl so disposed.

@frozenlonesome 3w

Twangtastic! Nice production and no need to rationalize anything. We’re all here for the fun and the ride full of new and wonderful sounds. Nice song!