This song is about observing ones life in reference to where one is and where one feels one should be. The song beings with an observation about who I was as a child. The next verse is about lacking purpose. At the time I wrote the song, I probably wasn't in a good place and was feeling stuck without an ability to change my position.
lyrics
Many times I wanted to know why
Many times I wanted to cry
Long ago I wandered alone.
Long ago I never, never knew
But I dreamed, oh I dreamed.
When I was a boy dreamed I was someone else
Dreamed I was a better man
Dreamed I was brave and smarter than all the rest
Deep down I knew. Oh I knew.
Fate had drawn me away
From a place I'd never seen
to help me make peace with myself some day
with a dream that would never, never be.
Someone saw me and said.
"Hey man, shouldn't you be dead?"
And I said, "Yeah man I should
And I'm grateful for all I have."
Long ago I wanted to know why
Long ago I wanted to cry
Many times I've wandered alone
Many times I've never never known..
But I dream oh I dream.
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