For three years in a row, I spent November writing and recording an album as part of National Solo Album Month (NaSoAlMo).
My friend Jerell gave me a guitar chord as a present when I was feeling mistreated and stressed at work. He said it's a peaceful guitar chord and suggested I sit and play it to relieve stress. It's the first chord in "Orbit" after the spooky space noises. Thank you, Jerell. The space theme is just because I love the planets and stars.
Stuff that happened on my stay-at-home vacation the first week of November, 2009. I didn't have a plan, so I was constantly thinking, "What am I gonna do now?".
I was thinking two things about dreams when I wrote this. One was what it would be like if you could pick what you dreamed. What would you dream? I'm not sure I'd know what to pick. And then I thought about those wonderful dreams where you wake up the next morning feeling disappointed that it was only a dream. Like when I dreamed I got a new bicycle as a kid and woke up knowing I didn't have a new bicycle. Would you set yourself up for that disappointment if you could choose your dreams? And then I turned it into a love song because the music begged for a love song.
I had a promise ring once, but the promise was a lie. Here's where I tell you what I did with that ring.
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