Song about rising above heartbreak in 6/8 time.
I play all instruments and sing (weakly!)
Just me right now, recently started recording.
Story behind the song
Years after a heart-felt break-up, about which there was little communication or reconciliation, I realized how this incomplete event still impacted me. That night I had a dream that included my former lover, which took place on a cliff. She was with me, and I slipped off the cliff, watching her as I fell, realizing how strongly I wanted to express the depth of my hurt, and how much I missed her. I was left feeling if I could just communicate and forgive her, I would be free of the hurt and capable of truly leaving it behind me. "Heart Above The Clouds" is a metaphor for rising above the personal sadness and bad feelings; moving on to sunshine.
Lyrics
And I know…that I‘m hurt by this and I wish...it would go away and I wish…the best way back was not….through trusting you again
But I know.... the thing I miss is the gift…of your tender touch and to kiss…
the lips I miss would lift…my heart above the clouds.
Last night…dreaming on the edge I slipped…as I fell away I awoke…
With the words on my lips …I wished I’d spoke.
Con-fessed…to the love I bore and the hurt…when you went away
and the weight…of the dream that you’d return…to me again someday.
CHORUS:
Maybe later… the spirit will find me
Protect the traitor…only blinds me
Confess the hater… will unbind me
So now…I lie in an empty bed…full of dreams that never woke…
from the scream of silent words…we never spoke. But I know....
the thing I miss is the gift…of your tender touch, and to kiss...
the lips I miss would lift …my heart above the clouds
CHORUS:
Maybe later… the spirit will find me
Protect the traitor…only blinds me
Confess the hater… will unbind me.
VERSE:
But I know...the thing I miss is the gift…of your tender touch. To forgive..
the Judas kiss would lift…my heart above the clouds.
