FAWM: "Dream House"

Dream House

1 week ago by @grayland

Dream House

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Liner Notes

#americana

Here's a story about a family that thought they'd found their perfect home!! Moral of the story: Be careful what you wish for!!

Lyrics

Dream House
by Gary Ray Knowland

We finally bought our dream house
in the country far away
My family just loved it
and we're moving in to stay

The place is on a lone tall hill
there's an old graveyard nearby
I guess we never had a clue
we were disturbing those who died

There's terror on the doorstep
there's horror on the hill
Truth is out the window
reality's surreal
Can't make it go away
no matter what we try
Angry souls will haunt us
til we sell the place or die
...Sell the place or die

They terrorize us every night
we've tried to ask them why
Found a medium to speak for us
and beg them to subside

Still it just keeps getting worse
they bang and scream all night
Something scratched my daughter's face
it's down to flee or fight
it's down to flee or fight

There's terror on the doorstep
there's horror on the hill
Truth is out the window
reality's surreal
Can't make it go away
no matter what we try
Angry souls will haunt us
til we sell the place or die
...Sell the place or die

Well we finally sold our dream house
and we moved real far away
We're trying to forget it all
and we're living day to day

But every creak and noise brings fear
in the dark I strain my eyes
I pray they haven't followed us
our dream house has changed our lives
We can never ease our minds

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Comments

@nancycunning 3d

Nothing like a good ghost story song....Love that little raw almost yodely sound - like Tyler Childers - that adds so much anguish to this one. And the way that the harmony feels like it could even be the ghost singing along mocking the narrator a little bit. Also the slow pacing really feels like a ghost story.

@johnstaples 3d

Aww hell yeah! A Grayland horror song! Scary lyrics tell this haunted tale brilliantly! Your melody fits this perfectly! And that is some awesomely spooky music! I love, Love, LOVE that you told a complete story then threw in a twist at the end!! UNHOLY SHIT BATMAN...THE GHOSTS MAY HAVE FOLLOWED THEM! It's a complete Stephen King song!!!

@wcritter 4d

Very nice.

@sycophant 5d

Another great song. You are having an amazing FAWM! Really enjoyed the narrative of this one. Gives me real Neil Young vibes.

@donna 1w

Ooooh, a lovely dark story. ;) Reminds me of a lot of quite good movies or series in the haunted house genre. A nice touch making the music country. That pedal steel is wonderful, and your vocals are very pleasing.

@coolparadisoMod 1w

Oh yeah a sort of ghostly! Countryfied! I like this really different and interesting, nice solo.

@daringcoyotes 1w

really dig the descending melody on the last line of each verse, very cool riff. and that terror on the doorstep/horror on the hill line manages to evoke memories of a specific neighborhood I can't quite remember, like I can almost picture the house just from that line alone.

@casijohnson 1w

This is a fabulous song! I wanted to sing along right away. Love the Rockabilly sound too.

@dhiatt 1w

Love the narrative, I'm still chuckling. Very fun song!
Love how the pedal steel guitar (?) sounds eerie and haunting -- very appropriate. Awesome outro lick!