Last Night I Dreamt I Was a Hero (For Ryan)

from Recordings from the Wallpaper Room by STRANGEPRIDE

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My friend Ryan and I were talking about some wild dreams we had and I was telling him about this one where I was just going around saving the day a bunch and just pretty much being a big ol' hero, and not just sleeping all day then watching hours of TV which is what I was really doing because it was April 2020. He half-jokingly said you should write a song called Last Night I Dreamed I was a Hero. So I did and i think it's cute!

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Last Night I Dreamt I Was a Hero

Floating above the crowds in ticker tape
lower me down into my parade
Walk arm in arm with the people I hold dear.
Hear me now, my adoring crowd,
you are truly loved, and you are loud.
You keep me strong and make me proud to say,
Yeah my regrets are zero.
Last night I dreamt I was a hero.

If you were there you’d do the same,
you’d brave the beasts you break their chains,
lead all captives safely home, be free.
Bathe me now in golden rays
I sent them down with guns ablaze.
Placed myself in the devil’s way, humbly.
Oh good luck don’t just appear though.
Last night I dreamt I was a hero.

Awoke to clouds, dust and disease,
bitterness, disgust, and broken knees.
Waking life’s not what it’s cracked up to be I found.
I got more enemies than Nero.
But last night I dreamt I was a hero.

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from Recordings from the Wallpaper Room, released May 6, 2022
All me baby!

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Strangepride is Anthony Hoey, Rob Hellyer, Dan Frelly, & Matt Jatkola.

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