The world, I mean. Is it any more real than our sleeping dreams?…or is it just a different reality? Certainly our so-called ‘awake’ state is is more organized than our sleeping dreams but is that because we actually  understand what’s going on from moment to moment because ‘awake’ is what is REAL?…  Is the dream somehow not real or less real? 

All of us have awaked from sleeping dreams with profoundly ‘awake’ sensations coursing through us…a full range of emotions from joy to terror often accompanied by physical effects….paralysis, screaming, sweating, tears or sexual stimulation. We’ve all experienced this type of dream reaction…it’s universal among humans and I’ve certainly noticed that animals act out physically while asleep. 

So…Is our day to day world all there is?…all that’s REAL? What if the sleeping world is, in fact, the REAL one?  Or maybe it’s another of many realities… And let’s face it, under the best of circumstances this ‘awake’ world is real for a limited time only. Hmmm….a temporary reality…just like sleeping dreams. 

Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream 
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily 
Life is but a dream 

Yup…maybe if I stay in this dream long enough I can write something as succinct as that. 

In the meantime, however, I have written “Sleepwalk”. A lot more words than Row Your Boat but also a lot more images to tickle your imagination. If you haven’t heard the song you can find it at  KBG Sleepwalk    And here are the lyrics: 

                                           SLEEPWALK 

Walkin’ in my sleep 
Walkin with my eyes wide open in my sleep 
I’m in a solid dream 
How does it get so solid as it seems 

Every night I wonder 
Why do I come here when I want to fly 
But I can only run here 
Walkin’ in my sleep 
Walkin’ with my eyes wide open in my sleep 

Everything is now 
You can’t deny it everything is new 
Nothing to endow 
No past or future there’s no time at all 
Skippin’ on a cloud lookin’ up at the ocean 
Surfin’ down a seamless beam of emotion 
Walkin’ in my sleep 
With my eyes wide open in my sleep 

Do you hear your name? 
Are you game? 
Are you insane too? 
Pick your own disguise 
Try it on for size 
Then you wear it to school 
You got to know the rules for 
Walkin’ in your sleep (5X) 

I heard a rumour that there was only one of us 
If only one of us was all there is 
I must have come up with this 
Must have dreamed of a kiss 
I must have made a mind that listens to itself 
Now there is something I am dying to remember 
I have it right at the tip of my tongue 
It’s just out of reach but I swear it’s a peach 
I can feel the sweetness run down my chin 
Walkin’ in my sleep (4X) 

Did you hear your name? 
Feelin’ game? 
Now you’re insane too 
Pick your own disguise 
Try it on for size 
You can make up new rules 
And don’t it feel so cool 
Walkin’ in you sleep (3X) 

Walkin’ in your sleep 
Walkin’ with your eyes wide open in your sleep 
In a solid dream 
How does it get so solid as it seems 
Every night you wonder 
Why do you come here when you want to fly 
But you can only run here 
Walkin in your sleep 
With your eyes wide open in your sleep 
Sleepwalkin’ You’re sleepwalkin'