Lyrics Stephen Schwartz

Stephen Schwartz

Dreamscape

[Verse 1]

I am dreaming

Of a riverbank

Mist enshrouds the farther shore

I am standing

In a wooden boat

In my hand, a golden oar

Will I row against the current,

Or let myself be carried out to sea?

Where I reach land at last

Is up to the river

But the journey is up to me

[Chorus]

Time to sail

Reluctant Pilgrim

My fear is all I’ve got to lose

Life is nothing,

Nothing but a dreamscape

And the dream is mine to choose

[Verse 2]

I am racing

Down a corridor

Endless doors on either side

I could open

Any one of them

Step on through

And Change my life

Sometimes I pause

There on the threshold

Afraid to leave my bright familiar hall

Sometimes I spend my days

Running by so quickly

That I don’t see the doors at all

[Chorus]

Step on through

Reluctant Pilgrim

My fear is all I’ve got to lose

Life is nothing,

Nothing but a dreamscape

And the dream is mine to choose

[Verse 3]

I am waking

In a forest glade

Needles of pine

Are in my hair

I see pathways

Through the underbrush

Leading to I don’t know where

I hear strange noises in the thickets

And I know some trails

May not be where they seem

Pain may await me

But I know if I stay here

I’ll sleep right through my dreams

[Chorus]

Find the trail

Reluctant Pilgrim

My fear is all I’ve got to lose

Life is nothing,

Nothing but a dreamscape

And the dream is mine to choose

[Chorus]

Let us sail

Reluctant pilgrims

Our fear is all weve got to lose

Life is nothing, nothing but a dreamscape

And the dream is ours to choose