In which I dream music
Posted by David on Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 11:16 AM.
I am naked, walking down a long concrete hallway. It is dimly lit, with sputtering fluorescent tubes embedded in the right wall at shoulder height. The lights far enough apart that they don't so much light the hallway as make the spaces between them darker.
There is a sound of dripping in the distance. I do not know where I am walking to. I am alone.
The concrete walls and floors are stained darkly, layers on layers splashed on them and dried in place. The walls and floors have never been cleaned.
As I walk, I can hear singing above the echoes of my bare feet on the cold concrete. The voice is high and reedy. The song repeats, endlessly, listless but insistent.
It's raining, it's pouring
The old man is snoring
He bumped his head
And was left for dead
And he was not found 'til the morning
Sarah, on Friday, July 11, 2008 at 5:40 AM:
Yikes. That's a slightly more macabre version than I remember from my childhood:
...
He went to bed
where he bumped his head
And he couldn't get up in the morning
nocklebeast, on Friday, July 11, 2008 at 7:27 AM:
My musical dream was a little different this morning. I was working on the floor, with paper scissors and tape. My sister was around, distracting me. The heavy metal song where they sing about how cool dungeons and dragons is stops, and I recognize the next song, "Oh, this is a good one." It's Simon and Garfunkel singing "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" to the tune of "Feelin' Groovy"
Ding Dong the witch is dead,
which witch, the wicked wi-itch
ding dong, the witch is dead,
and we're feelin' groovy
For real!!!
David Adam Edelstein, on Friday, July 11, 2008 at 8:13 AM:
I'm surely not the only person to notice that eGuana managed to bug you in your sleep. She is a MASTAHHHHH!
Tim, on Friday, July 11, 2008 at 8:34 AM:
..... Ummmmmmm. .... (currently standing in line for the newest crack - errr iPhone)
ejuana, on Friday, July 11, 2008 at 10:43 AM:
POWER DREAM BUGGIN!!!
It takes years of advanced training and practice, but I did it!