The Corals – Dreaming of You

What’s up with my heart when it skips a beat,
cant feel no pavement right under my feet,

up in my lonely room
when im dreaming of you
oh what can I do
I still need you but
I don’t want you now

when I’m down and my hands are tied
I can not reach a pen for me to draw the line
from this pain I just cant disguise
it’s gonna hurt but I’ll have to say goodbye

up in my lonely room
when im dreaming of you
oh what can i do
i still need you but
i dont want you now

oh yeah

up in my lonely room
when im dreaming of you
oh what can i do
i still need you but
i dont want you now

Interesting stuff, really. Just as songs go. The lyrics are excessively simple and the music is very repetitive. I’m trying to use prompts to stimulate more writing and make the entries I write more focused. It’s harder than it seemed to write using a prompt, actually. I suppose I’ve fixated upon this song as of late because I miss feeling this way. I miss having someone in my life that affects me so much. I mean some of it rings true, admittedly, “up in my lonely room” is somewhat familiar, although my room is not really above anything so it’s rarely up anywhere. However, “when I’m dreaming of you/oh what can I do/I still need you but/I don’t want you now” is a little less direct. I find myself switched around there. I do still dream of you, but I don’t need you, I only want. It’s a much harder impulse to acknowledge. Seemingly a need is undeniable and thus easily excusable, but a want is selfish and much harder to justify. The opening is more what I am nostalgic about: “What’s up with my heart when it skips a beat/can’t feel no pavement right under my feet.” Very few people, women actually, have made my heart skip a beat as of late. My feet seem planted upon the pavement whenever paved surfaces are available to me for walking. I can think of a few people with whom this has happened, but it is a very short list and those women are largely unavailable for various reasons. Had a chance with one, but I think fate has intervened and I won’t get a chance to expand any possibilities. I don’t know why, but I suppose it’d be better than just losing at the game again. I sometimes wish I knew what the rules were, at least a little better.