I Am My Own Invention

[THE VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN]
Nothing can exist ‘til you dream it first
Everyone knows this
Then, it will arrive, new and unrehearsed
Vivid as a kiss
Dreamers and children can conjure things easily
Things their eyes, though they’re closed, can see

Not the way things are, but how they should be
This is what is true
Wish upon a star, close your eyes and see
All that you can do
Try to remember the way you were when you were her
The little girl that’s there inside of you

I am my own invention
Meeting each day anew
Can you imagine being your own invention, too?

Dreams will always start with a happy end
Waiting to come true

[ALICE]
So long ago

[THE VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN]
Lucid as a heart, welcome as a friend
Gossamer and new

[ALICE]
Help me so I can remember dreams to share
With dreams to spare, imagining a dreamer just like you

[BOTH]
I am my own invention
Finally I can see

[THE VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN]
I am my own invention

[ALICE]
I am my own invention

[THE VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN]
Tomorrow can’t be

[BOTH]
All it should be
‘Til I’ve invented me