[Intro] [Instrumental - Brass stabs, swinging rhythm, building energy] [Verse 1] Every night when the lights go down I feel something pulling me off the ground Like the world just loosened up its grip And I'm ready for another trip That old familiar feeling takes hold Like a secret only I was told When I was young and nothing held me back And gravity forgot to keep me on the ground [Pre-Chorus 1] That sensation once again Like when I was just a child When the world turned weightless, pure And nothing seemed impossible [Chorus] Leaping higher than I ever should Between dreams and reality With butterflies inside my chest How far can I go tonight? (How far dare I fly?) [Verse 2] Every jump is one step further up Like the sky's just begging me to touch Heart pounding like a big brass band As I glide above the hills and land I know that I'll come down again But honey, that's not stopping me I'll ride this feeling while it lasts And swing my way through gravity [Interlude] [Instrumental - Guitar and brass call and response] [Pre-Chorus 2] It feels so real right now Like a secret that I keep This feeling of floating free That I could never explain [Chorus] Leaping higher than I ever should Between dreams and reality With butterflies inside my chest How far can I go tonight? (How far dare I fly?) [Bridge] Between earth and sky In a timeless space Where gravity's just a memory And fear dances with freedom In a dizzying waltz [Verse 3] And when the falling starts to pull me down I don't fight it, no I just spin around Time moves slow like a lazy afternoon And the air just carries me like a tune [Final Chorus] Leaping higher than I ever should Between dreams and reality With butterflies inside my chest How far can I go tonight? (Maybe it was real after all?) [Outro] [Brass fading, rhythm slowing] And even now when I close my eyes I can still feel that sensation Of being weightless, timeless Floating between earth and sky In a dance that never truly ends ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everyone knows that feeling — the one from childhood where you'd jump just a little too high and for a split second, gravity seemed optional. "Dream Jumps" takes that sensation and sets it to a swinging Motown/Electro Swing groove, as if the brass section itself is defying physics alongside the narrator. Each night when the lights go down, something loosens gravity's grip — and there's nothing left to do but leap. The song rides the line between dream and reality, between the weightlessness of sleep and the inevitable pull back down, and asks the question every dreamer knows: how far dare I fly? This is a remake of the original "Dream Jumps" — a dreamy ambient folk version exploring the same childhood sensation of weightlessness, but through floating synths and acoustic guitar rather than brass and swing. Listen to the original here: https://suno.com/s/3stuoCF2dDJAIeiP ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2026 Ande Records Lyrics by Ande All rights reserved. https://ande-records.se/
