Name: Only Dreaming Now
Duration: P00H04M26S
Description: This song is about feeling stuck, and wanting to be separated from your body. It's about longing for something different, and being forced back to reality.

Only Dreaming Now

by Willem James Cowan

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This song is about feeling stuck, and wanting to be separated from your body. It's about longing for something different, and being forced back to reality.

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If I could soar above the swaying grass and perch upon these walls
The echo in this hollow room would drift into the halls
And the lowly man encaging me will reap what he has sewn
But I'm only dreaming now

If I could float out of this vessel and be tied to something more
I would set aside my grievances and all I'm longing for
But the cowards' way is an angel with a double-sided sword
And I'm only dreaming now

Take my lungs
Take my heart
Take my body and preserve all of its innocence
Take my lungs
Take my heart
Take my body and preserve all of its innocence
If I have any left over to take

If I could see beyond my brain and grasp the wonders of the sky
I would have no use for these restricting, dark, and sunken eyes
But this body is a prison cell and I'm in here for life
And I'm only dreaming now

And in the darkness lays an animal designed to make you cry
And he feeds on insecurities and thrives on broken minds
I can try to strike this creature down and hope he doesn't find
That I'm only dreaming now

Take my lungs
Take my heart
Take my body and preserve all of its innocence
Take my lungs
Take my heart
Take my body and preserve all of its innocence
If I have any left over to take

If I could realize the brilliance and the beauty in this world
Maybe I could just relax a little, let it all unfurl
I could write a new persona and then take it for a whirl
But I'm only dreaming now

credits

released October 21, 2022
Willem - Vocals, guitars, banjo, lapsteel, percussion
Keegan Marshall - Drums
Aidan Wasse - Bass
Lucas Zielke - Trumpet
Eric Richardson - Guitar

Written by Willem James Cowan

The bed sessions were recorded by Simon Larochette at the Sugar Shack in November of 2020. Everything else was recorded in Willems' apartment.

Produced by Willem James Cowan, additional production by Aidan Wasse

Mixed by Simon Larochette
Mastered by Rob Nation

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Willem James Cowan London, Ontario

Writing from experience, and a feeling of discomfort, Willem James Cowan aims to lighten this burden and offer solace to a generation rooted in anxiety, self doubt and social stigma. By weaving together retro and contemporary musical elements, Cowan achieves a sound that is both nostalgic and relatable. ... more

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