Back To Wonderland (alt. version)
heartfelt longing singer-songwriter ballad with acoustic fingerpicking guitar, soft piano, emotional strings, melancholic and nostalgic but hopeful, slow build to a powerful last verse and cinematic final chorus
Back To Wonderland (alt. version)
heartfelt longing singer-songwriter ballad with acoustic fingerpicking guitar, soft piano, emotional strings, melancholic and nostalgic but hopeful, slow build to a powerful last verse and cinematic final chorus
Lyrics
Verse
It wasn’t always shades of grey ... I still recall the past;
A time of color, when a puddle was an ocean wide and vast.
Every branch became a relic, a mighty sword of fire;
Each shining stone a starlit diamond, a treasure to admire.
We built our splendid castles, hands buried in the sand;
Chased great adventures in a still uncharted land.
We journeyed to the moon in our patched-up cardboard ship;
Sailed the seas of fantasy and watched life’s worries slip.
Pre-Chorus
Where is it now, my weightless heart ... who stole it away?
Did I misplace it on the road? I feel its absence every day.
Chorus
Take me there ...
where the world seems whole and bright,
where my horizon glows with soft enchanted light.
Let me believe in wonders ... daydream beneath clear skies;
Greet the future smiling, with a shimmer in my eyes.
I yearn, so full of pain, to feel my childhood heart again.
Who'll take my hand ...
and guide me back ...
back to Wonderland.
Verse
That art got lost ...
today, no cardboard ship can reach the moon;
A branch is only timber ...
dry wood, devoid of any flame;
The stone that once was sparkling proved it held no worth;
Castles built of sand will fall ... rain lays them back to earth.
No time for daydreams now ... I’m caught inside the race;
I run on trembling, weary legs, afraid to lose my pace.
Bridge
Somewhere between then and now, all magic slipped away;
Life’s worries found me, settled in ... swore they’d always stay.
Pre-Chorus
Tell me,
Who holds the key to where my childhood used to be?
Where is Wonderland again ... is the way too far for me?
Chorus
Take me there ...
where the world seems whole and bright,
where my horizon glows with soft enchanted light.
Let me believe in wonders ... daydream beneath clear skies;
Greet the future smiling, with a shimmer in my eyes.
I yearn, so full of pain, to feel my childhood heart again.
I’m begging you if you still can ...
take me by the hand.
and guide me back ...
back to Wonderland.
Interlude
I see things differently today ...
Verse
My world is violence, greed, and hate ... a never-ending storm,
ruled by cruel monsters in disguise, that mimic human form.
Coin and power are all that count; the needy reap disdain,
while coldness sits enthroned, untouched by others’ pain.
The Earth pleads in every tongue for mercy ... for us to understand ...
yet we damn ourselves, still driving nails through her bleeding hand.
Bridge
The depths I’ve seen now cling to me, night’s shadow, cold and tight.
I ache for what I used to hold ... my childhood’s golden light.
Build Up
Does anyone hear my cry?
When will this storm pass by?
Is the land of wonders lost for me?
Will my wishes ever be set free?
... please ...
Final-Chorus - longing
Take me there ...
where the world seems whole and bright,
where my horizon glows with soft enchanted light.
Let me believe in wonders ... daydream beneath clear skies;
greet the future smiling, with a shimmer in my eyes.
I yearn, so full of pain, to feel my childhood heart again.
I’m begging you, if you still can ...
take me by the hand.
Guide me far away from here ... I want to go back ...
back to Wonderland ...
... back to Wonderland.
End