A Place of Want (Piano/Vocal)

20 Jan 2015 · 3 min

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The excerpt presents a poetic, introspective monologue sung by a single vocalist. The speaker reflects on an inner sense of purpose (“Man that I was born to be”) juxtaposed with feelings of confinement (“prisoner in a place of want”) and yearning for an ethereal, unattainable realm symbolized by a “castle in the air.” Repeated references to a “dream that stole my yesterday, deceiving me today” convey a tension between past aspirations and present disillusionment. The language blends concrete images (sandy beach) with surreal motifs, creating a mood of wistful longing and existential questioning.

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Man that I was born to be, a thing that's real inside of me. A prisoner in a place of want, somewhere on a sandy beach. A message I was born to to teach, abandoned for a place of want. It's a castle in the air, in a wink I'm taken there. A dream that stole my yesterday, deceiving me today. That fairytale place I want. It's a castle in the air. In a wink, I'm taken there. A dream that stole my yesterday, deceiving me today. It's a castle in the air. In a wink, I'm taken there. A dream that stole my yesterday, deceiving me today. A dream that stole my yesterday, still deceiving me today.