Death of a Dream
Elegy of Lost Dreams: Drew Miller's Poetic Reflection on Desires Unfulfilled
Lyrics
Something’s lost
Something has been lost or is missing.
A grief without a name
A feeling of sorrow or sadness without a specific label or identification.
Stillborn glory
A metaphorical reference to an unsuccessful or unrealized greatness.
Of a kingdom never came
The unfulfilled potential of a kingdom that never came into existence.
Fairest dreams
Beautiful dreams that have strayed far from realization.
Fall so far from finding
The dreams have fallen or moved away from being discovered.
The source of hope
The origin of hope, which is elusive and causes pain with every reminder.
That wounds with each reminding
The hope that inflicts wounds each time it is recalled or remembered.
Can you know the sun only by its shadow?
A rhetorical question questioning whether one can truly understand the sun without acknowledging its shadow.
Can you know a dream only by wishing it true?
Raising doubt about the understanding of a dream solely through the act of wishing it to be true.
Can you know a song only heard in silence?
Questioning the comprehension of a song that is only heard in silence, suggesting hidden meanings.
Can you know someone who’s hidden their face
Raising the idea of knowing someone who deliberately conceals their identity or emotions.
From you?
Continuation of the theme of someone hiding, possibly from emotional connection.
How to speak
Pondering how to articulate the overwhelming absence or void.
Of this great and groaning absence?
Expressing the difficulty of speaking about a significant and painful emptiness.
How to tell
Addressing the challenge of conveying a sorrow that is intimately known.
Of a sorrow known so well?
Reflecting on the difficulty of describing a well-known and deeply felt sorrow.
How to chart
Considering how to navigate an enduring and unyielding sense of distance.
This unrelenting distance?
Exploring the challenge of finding hope in the face of relentless separation.
How to hope
Pleading for hope while confined in a metaphorical prison cell.
For home from a prison cell?
An appeal or prayer to be made to thirst, possibly for a deeper connection or understanding.
Lord, would you make me to thirst
Expressing a desire to be born out of intense longing or passion.
Born of desire
A repetition of the request to be made to thirst, emphasizing a yearning for something.
Lord, would you make me to thirst,
Posing a question about being made to thirst only to be denied the satisfaction or fulfillment.
Only to withhold the water?
Questioning a higher power about creating a desire but withholding the means to satisfy it.
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