Lost in Wonderland
Journey Through Wonderland: Barbra Streisand's Magical Muse
Lyrics
I'm all alone in a place I have never been.
I feel isolated in an unfamiliar place.
I see a door to a garden and wander in.
I notice a door leading to a garden and enter it.
And though my journey has barely begun
Although my journey is just starting,
I am spun like a top to the top of the universe and
I am metaphorically elevated to the top of the universe.
High in a spiral of ice I gaze upon a scene
I am high up, observing a scene below me.
That flickers far below me.
The scene below is flickering and distant.
And what I see is a crinkle of colors and sounds.
I perceive a mix of colors and sounds.
Colors and sounds.
Emphasis on the vibrant experience of colors and sounds.
I can hear tinkles of crystal
I hear delicate crystal-like sounds.
And I can see sparkles of mist on the spangles
I see sparkling mist on shiny objects.
And I can feel tangles of tingles and sprinklings of angles
I sense a complex interweaving of sensations and angles.
And inklings of angels around.
Suggesting the presence of angels in my surroundings.
A rabbit crosses my path unexpectedly.
A rabbit unexpectedly crosses my path.
I hear a sigh of despair as he passes me.
I sense a sigh of despair from the rabbit.
I have a feeling that rabbit is late
I feel the rabbit is late, and his destination aligns with mine.
For wherever he's going whatever he's headed for is my destination.
Expressing a desire to stay in this magical world.
Oh, show me the way to stay here in this world
Asking to be guided to where positive things occur.
Because here's where the right things happen.
Expressing that the right things happen in this place.
Oh baby here's where the good things are.
Highlighting the goodness of the current situation.
Looking at this enormous butterfly,
Observing a large butterfly and considering a dance.
Wondering if he cares to dance with me.
The butterfly is delicate, and the speaker wonders about its response.
Delicate as a flower carved of chrysophrase,
Comparing the butterfly's delicacy to a carved flower.
Idly I ponder how far have I yet to find it.
The speaker reflects on how far they need to go to find something.
I've got to find it and act as though I've lost it.
Feeling the urgency to find it or act as if lost.
Otherwise I'm lost in wonderland.
Expressing the consequence of being lost in wonderland.
I've got to find it or else I am bound
The importance of finding it to avoid being bound to an empty, bleak ground.
To the empty ground bleak and vast.
Describing a desolate and vast empty ground.
Where dark spells are cast.
Mentioning the presence of dark spells in that place.
Flooring above me and ceiling below me
Describing a surreal environment with elements above and below.
And chandeliers rising like tremulous towers
Depicting chandeliers rising like towers.
And tables and chairs, beds hanging like blossoms
Describing various objects in vibrant colors.
In turquoise and purple and green.
Imagining beds hanging like blossoms in turquoise, purple, and green.
You were asleep so I guess you were not aware,
Referencing a moment when someone was asleep, exploring their mind.
I took a walk through your mind and I lingered there.
Expressing a desire to share a discovered experience.
But what I found I can never reveal to you
Acknowledging the challenge of conveying the experience verbally.
Not with my words nor the pitch of my flute recall it.
Implying the need for a shared journey to understand fully.
You'll simply have to come walking with me
Inviting the listener to explore the wonderland behind their eyes.
One day into that wonderland shining behind your eyes,
Highlighting the mystical nature of the wonderland beyond sleep.
Beyond the gossamer doors of sleep.
Emphasizing the ethereal doors of sleep leading to a beautiful place.
Lovely, lovely sleep
Expressing appreciation for the beauty of sleep.
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