Cast Away Dreams

Written by L. Buckingham

Holy light
Visionary sight
There's been a change in plans
Going away
No, I cannot stay
I hope you understand

I won't be home tonight
I'll just slip out of sight
Lay down my visionary eyes
Dancing on my cast away dreams
Keep yourself out of sight
Farewell to the wishes that died
Look for me in the morning light
Dancing on my cast away dreams

Magic one
All our dreams are done
I have no faith today
Sun will rise
In your newborn eyes
Just let me slip away

I won't be home tonight
I'll just slip out of sight
Lay down my visionary eyes
Dancing on my cast away dreams
Keep yourself out of sight
Farewell to the wishes that died
Look for me in the morning light
Dancing on my cast away dreams

It would do no good
To drown in the sea
Where no one remembers their name
And nothing but nothing is free

Hearts will break
With choices we must make
So sleep and dream of me

I won't be home tonight
I'll just slip out of sight
Lay down my visionary eyes
Dancing on my cast away dreams
Keep yourself out of sight
Farewell to the wishes that died
Look for me in the morning light
Dancing on my cast away dreams
Look for me in the morning light
Dancing on my cast away dreams

Live versions appear on Live at the Bass Performance Hall (2008) and One Man Show (2012)

WEBMISTRESS speculates:

Lindsey has said that this song is about realizing that something he was holding onto was an impossible dream, and that after a fight with his wife, he realized he needed to let that dream go. He realized that he needed to cast it away and make the best of what he had... "dancing" on the disappointment, turning it into something positive.

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