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Dream Song (2023)

by A Real Echoey Approach

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"Dream Song (2023)" is a reworked version of "Dream Song" from the 2019 extended play record IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER THAT OUR LIVES ARE SUCH A SHORT TIME. IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER THAT OUR LIVES ARE SUCH A LONG TIME. by A Real Echoey Approach.

"Dream Song (2023)" is written, performed, recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered by Dylan Beck. All words are written and sung by Dylan Beck. All instruments are programmed or performed by Dylan Beck. All electric guitar tracks are performed on a black Epiphone Les Paul Standard that is run through an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi, patched into a Digitech RP3, and lined directly into Fruity Loops Studio using a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB interface in the comfort of Dylan Beck's studio apartment in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Last night,
I dreamt I did not exist.
I could have sworn that
I felt something when you
touched me on my wrist.
But it must have been
someone other than myself.
I had no voice to scream in anguish;
I had no body to be held.
I was emptiness.
I was influence.
I was nothing but an echo.
I was Narcissus.
I will bend and break
to recognize the pain,
but is it just too late
for reconciliation?

Last night,
I roared in the face of grief.
I plunged headfirst into battle;
I was smoldering and weak.
I felt galvanized by
a self I never knew.
I felt the hot tears of a child
who never processed his abuse.
I made a plan to face
the darkness I erased
and ran away from
when I felt I couldn’t bear it.
I took up the mantle
of sorrows wide and ample.
I felt more alone
than I have ever known.

Even still, we make
the meaning in our lives.
But I believe that there is truth,
and now, I know that there are lies.
God, it is beautiful to know
that there is so much more than this:
we’re not just trapped inside
these folds of skin,
and all though the night is long,
the pain of darkness always yields.
Every moment, we grow stronger
and more ready to be healed.
I have realized this is all
that I need before I die,
and I will spend my every moment
to keep the love I feel alive.

Last night,
I fell into a dreamless sleep
that was light and unencumbered,
wholly replenishing and sweet.
I awoke
and felt the warmth of my abundance.
I had faced the gaping sadness,
returning weary and triumphant.
I held my face in my hands,
wet with understanding.
I knew a sense of healing,
my empathy expanding.
And if it ever gets too heavy,
I can gather all my friends,
and I know that we can carry,
and together, we will mend.

We will mend (ad infinitum).

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released March 30, 2023
Dylan Beck: synthesizers, vocals, Indiana Scout, Epiphone Les Paul Standard, eBow, piano programming, synthesizer programming, drum programming, lyrics, songwriting, production, recording engineering, mixing, mastering, photography, cover artwork

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A Real Echoey Approach is yet another project from the fertile mind of Dylan Beck (Heidi Klum's Bangs, Carlo dell'Aquila), whose aim is to conjure inexplicable beauty in fragments of noise. ... more

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