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But A Dream

by The Electric Era

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This song was originally released on the album 'A Little Less Gravity' in 2008. This here is a re-recorded, remixed and remastered 2012 single release. It has been chosen as the soundtrack to a video collage of our 2012 'Parallel Lines' Germany tour that can be found on Youtube. Needless to say that the song was inspired by a psychedelic nursery rhyme.

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BUT A DREAM
(music and lyrics by Karsten Schwardt)
© 2005 Tunnel Audio

gently down the stream
to a place I’ve never been
life is but a dream
you can colour it all in

slowly through the woods
down a path that’s rarely understood
life’s just an idea
so is everything around here

we harbour these dreams
and carry them out only so far
these black and white schemes
we colour them in only so far
and we may end up unredeemed
or so it seems

many roads in this town
just seem to carry you round and round
not a place to be found
not a place to conquer new ground

up up to the skies
through clouds that smell of vanilla ice
death is but a lie
silver linings of your life

we harbour these dreams
and carry them out only so far
these black and white schemes
we colour them in only so far
and we may end up unredeemed
or so it seems

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released December 8, 2012
written by Karsten Schwardt (C) 2005 Tunnel Audio
Artwork by Leal Butler (C) 2012 Leal Butler

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The Electric Era Auckland, New Zealand

The Electric Era is a three-piece indie band from Auckland, New Zealand. Their self-proclaimed Antipodean Anti-gloss Pop has been compared to seminal New Zealand bands such as The Clean, The Chills and The Verlaines, as well as English acts The Smiths and The Cure. They also claim David Bowie, Joy Division, Wire and Magazine as their sonic godfathers.
Leal (bs, bvs), Anna (dr), Karsten (voc, gat)
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