Dream Sweet In Sea Major

Dream Sweet In Sea Major
Written by	Joe Hawley, Allison Hanna, Bora Karaca
Appears on	Hawaii: Part II
Sung by	Joe Hawley
Duration	7:00
Genre	Alternative
Language	English & French
Links:	Youtube Spotify Bandcamp Instrumental (Bandcamp) Demo (Bandcamp) Demo 2 (Bandcamp) Electric Guitar (Bandcamp)

Dream Sweet in Sea Major is a song by Joe Hawley, Allison Hanna and Bora Karaca, sung by Joe Hawley and Stephanie Koenig. It is the 11th and final track on Hawaii: Part II. It features reprises of music from Introduction To The Snow, 宇宙ステーションのレベル7, Black Rainbows, and Stranded Lullaby. Variations On A Cloud contains some motifs from this song.

History

Joe went on a family trip to Hawaii in 1997, and while there, a melody and chord progression came to him, which formed the basis of the song Dream Sweet In Sea Major. The rest of Hawaii: Part II was formed around the song, as Joe mentioned that it was being saved for "a special project" and that it was the "anchor" for the rest of the tunes.

Zubin Sedghi had recorded vocal placeholders for Dream Sweet In Sea Major, which were replaced for Stephanie Koenig's vocals.

When asked what song was the most gruelling to finish, Joe said that ""Dream Sweet" was a challenge"

Trivia

• The title has ties to musical language, it's a homophone of 'Dream Suite in C Major'
• The song is referenced in Joe Hawley's Bahamian Rap City on his solo album Joe Hawley Joe Hawley with the line "Dreaming sweet in C"
• Dream Sweet In Sea Major is the longest song on Hawaii: Part II running at 7 full minutes

Lyrics

Alone at the edge of a universe humming a tune
For merely dreaming we were snow

A siren sounds like the goddess who promises endless apologies of paradise
And only she can make it right
So things are different tonight

We'll go together in flight

It's Now & Never
A reverie endeavor
Awaits somnambulant directives
To take the helm

Believe me, darling
The stars were made for falling
Like melting obelisks
As tall as another realm

Un ensemble d'enfants
(A group of children)
La galaxie s'étend
(The galaxy extends)
Jardin de l'imagination
(Garden of imagination)

Combler la lacune
(Bridging the gap)
Voler face à la lune
(Flying in front of the moon)
Vois comme nous évoluons
(See how we evolve)

It feels like flying
But maybe we're dying
A cosmic confluence of
Pyramids hologrammed

She knows you heard her
Staging music murder
In line before the show began
To be where I am

Children born of one emotion
Our devotion's deepest ocean
No division reasoned we'll be
Free

To know
We are beyond a bow
And lo, the hues arrange to show
It's perfectly clear

You look quite divine tonight
Here among these vibrant lights
Pure delights surround us as we sail
Signed, yours truly, the whale

Joy mirage's kingdom come
No one left at stake
Now that existence is on the wake
Let's see what we can make

The part is wholly ending
A line in any final song
So long so far

We will be atoning
At last eternal through the past
Above a blinding star

Bye, Hi
Sigh, Hawaii
We never meant to part
Sublime, thy art

One light
Higher than the sun
Invisible to some
Until its time