Living the Dream

from Fireships by Andrew Vladeck

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A mound of broken stars 
A pile of dusty sparks 
A stack of glowing coals
 A thousand shattered disco balls 
The skyline looked like all of those things 
We sat by the river as the city sparkled to life, 
The cherry bomb sun sank,
we squinted and stared,
 And speechlessly spoke

Step up, come down, my friend 
How many times we go ‘round again 
Step up, come down, my friend 
What do you say – 
Let’s make this moment stay 
We’re living a dream - living the dream,  
Living a dream - living the dream

A dried-up river bed 
A faded scar A derailed train
 The spine of an old book 
My lifeline looked like all of those things
 The sun so hot it made us sweat,
The air so cold we could see our breath,
 We inhaled pink clouds of the sunset,  
As it swallowed us

Step up, come down, my friend 
How many times we go ‘round again
 Step up, come down, my friend 
Come down today 
Let’s make this moment stay 
We’re living a dream - living the dream,
 Living a dream - living the dream

All the dust will return to dust 
All the blessed, yes, and all of the cursed 
All the meek and the mighty shall fall 
So let’s make this day, the brightest of all

A stand of cluttered tombstones 
A blurry neon billboard 
A sparkling Atlantis 
An exquisite, speckled canvas 
The future looked like all of those things 
A man on the pier pulled a fish
out of the black water 
He wrapped it in a newspaper
and placed it beside me 
It was still moving 
The headlines on that paper
made no sense at all, 
And made all the sense in the world

Step up, come down, my friend 
How many times we go ‘round again
 Step up, come down, my friend 
What do you say –
 Let’s make this moment stay 
We’re living a dream - living the dream,
 Living a dream - living the dream

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from Fireships, released April 21, 2015
Written by Andrew Vladeck
Special guests David Amram, pennywhistle; Marika Hughes, cello, Skye Steele, violin, Tim Luntzel, double bass

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