Living The Dream - single

by Mel O Songs

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Glass Houses (Living The Dream – Other People’s Lives)

Living in a glass house means you have many windows of opportunity – but is the glass house half full or half empty?

Some people flaunt their material wealth or fame – the rest of us just look in from the outside.

Choosing to live in a glass house leaves you exposed to the world too.

A nod to the American serial-ism and minimalist composers of the 60s and 70s [La Monte Young, Philip Glass, John Cage, Terry Riley (as referenced in Pete Townsend's Barbara O'Riley) etc.]

(it even features a ONE NOTE guitar solo)

lyrics

Living The Dream
[other people’s lives]

Look at the pictures
What do you see?
See them on the inside
Glossy and clean

They must be
living the dream
Living the dream
They must be
living the dream
Living the dream

Nothing is real
Nothing is as it seems
Looking in from the outside
On the outside looking in

People in glass houses
Have many windows of opportunity
But is the glass house half full
Or half empty

Living the dream
Living the dream

Displaying perfection
Fulfilment exposed
We watch them living the dream
There for all to see

Standing stones ready in our hands
To cast our judgement we stand
Looking in from the outside
On the outside looking in

We are all living
other people’s lives
Other people’s lives

Look at the pictures
What do you see?
Even better on the outside
On the outside looking in

They must be living the dream
Living the dream
Living the dream [For all to see]
Living the dream

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released March 30, 2020

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Mel O Songs England, UK

A man of eclectic tastes and influences writing in a bunch of diverse styles and genres on a heap of different instruments
‘A one man musical tour-de force’ (AK)

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