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The Weight of a Dream

from Orbits by Keith Kitchen

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Weight of a Dream

Me and the Magic Man went for a long drive
On past the desert of rejection one day, he said
"I was a prodigy, I was a rising star
I never dreamed my life would turn out this way

Call it a misdirection, call it a sleight of hand
I never get to choose my own cards
Maybe it's out there, floating in the ether
Maybe it's decided somewhere, written in the stars"

You can spend your life, waiting for that phone call
Nothing's ever as good as it seems
We're all straining toward that horizon
Struggling under the weight of a dream

I knew a Geographer, let's call him "Bob"
He couldn't read a map to save his life, he said
"I spent years wandering in circles
Now I'm just trying to get home to my wife.

Call it a premonition, maybe it's my addled mind
I start to worry when things go a little too good
Sometimes I close my eyes and squint into the future
Where I write comic books in a house in the woods."

You can spend your life, waiting for that phone call
Nothing's ever as bad as it seems
We're all straining toward that horizon
Struggling under the weight of a dream

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And the Moneyman laughs, oh cause he knows
it's all just a game
We talk about werewolves and dream that we're heroes
and sail ships through puddles in the rain


Michael's a baker, used to be a preacher, maybe he's an angel,
Even the Magic Man can't tell.
He says, everything's rising like bread in the oven
Some day we'll get there and all will be well.

You can spend your life, waiting for that phone call
Nothing's ever as good as it seems
We're all straining toward that horizon
Struggling under the weight of a dream

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from Orbits, released November 18, 2016

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