Dreams Of Clay

Dwight Yoakam

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From the album ’Second hand heart’ [Introduction]        [Verse 1]   I’d been building hopes so long     Honey I must have lost sight of what went wrong         ’Cause in sorrow’s blinding light today     Baby it looks like my dreams were made of clay        [Verse 2]     Years of yearning spent for you     Honey I know now were the cravings of a  fool           I guess your wants just slipped away   And baby it looks like my dreams were made of clay    [Chorus]       I knew love could toss you down       And leave you there to crawl around       But never knew that was a fall we’d make       Getting up was nothing new      The kind of things heart’s learn to do      But knowing how doesn’t mean its easy to take [Verse 3] N.C. So I’ll forget about      plans we had for me and you Woah and dwell on   thoughts lonely lives pursue                Praying   memories don’t stay ’Cause baby it looks like our dreams were made of clay [Instrumental] Esus4 Esus4      Esus4    Esus4   Esus4      Esus4    [Chorus]       I knew love could toss you down       And leave you there to crawl around       But never knew that was a fall we’d make       Getting up was nothing new      The kind of things heart’s learn to do      But knowing how doesn’t mean its easy to take [Verse 4] N.C. So I’ll forget about      plans we had for me and you Woah and dwell on   thoughts lonely lives pursue                Praying   memories don’t stay       baby it looks like our dreams were made of clay [Outro]   Yeah baby it looks like our dreams were made of clay         Made of Clay      (REPEAT AND FADE)

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La chanson évoque les désillusions et la fragilité des rêves amoureux. Elle raconte le parcours d'une personne qui se rend compte que ses aspirations, bâties sur des espoirs d'un futur à deux, se sont finalement effondrées, laissant place à une réalité douloureuse. Les souvenirs et les attentes d'un amour perdu lui pèsent, et il est forcé de faire le deuil des plans qu'il avait imaginés. À travers ces réflexions, l'artiste aborde des thèmes universels comme la perte, la solitude et la difficulté d'avancer après un échec sentimental. Cela nous rappelle combien nos rêves peuvent se révéler fragiles et comment il est parfois nécessaire de laisser derrière soi ce qui n'est plus.