Singer/lyricist Samuel T. Herring intruduces this “Little Dreamer” on live performances by saying: “This song is a story: it used to be a happy story, now it is a sad story. That’s how stories go sometimes”
Written and recorded in July 2007 as part Future Islands' first album, Herring was in a rela...
I caught you sleeping here, all wrapped in wool
I caught you sleeping here, almost broke my heart
I found you dreaming
I'm dreaming of you always, always
When I was just a child, a lonely boy
I held onto my dreams, like they could run from me
The hopes I harbored fled - as they often do
But I still dreamed of you
And now my dream's come true
And as we say goodnight, I hold you close and tight
No more raging suns, only waning ones
Like the waxing scar where my lonely heart --
Once bloomed -- before, I met you
My little dreamer, I'll always
Always, dream of you
Little Dreamer was written by Gerrit Welmers & William Cashion & Samuel T. Herring.
Little Dreamer was produced by Chester Endersby Gwazda.
Future Islands released Little Dreamer on Mon Aug 25 2008.
This song is a story: it used to be a happy story, now it is a sad story. That’s how stories go sometimes
But you know, it’s been a long time she’s been a part of my live, and live changes, stories change, and we change with them just like songs change. But she’ll always be my little dreamer