[INTRO — A CAPPELLA, voices enter one at a time] [BASS] Dream… [TENOR] Dream a little higher… [FALSETTO] Dream, dream, dream… [SOPRANO] Hiiiiigher… [ALL] Keep dreaming… [WHISTLE NOTE] [BEAT ENTERS — dusty lo-fi drums, warm bass, muted piano, acoustic guitar, subtle 808] [VERSE 1 — conversational male lead] I think I was ten when I flew that night Over rooftops underneath a painted sky Past the buildings, over bridges, way up high Then something golden came floating into view An old skeleton key just hanging in the blue Didn’t know the door Didn’t have a clue But something in that moment Said that key belonged to you….. [BEAT CUT] [TENOR] Reach… [FALSETTO] Reach for it… [SOPRANO] Re-e-each… [BASS] Let’s get it…… [ALL] I love dreaming… [PRE-CHORUS] I woke up and ran to tell my mama what I’d seen She smiled like she already knew what it could mean She said, “Baby, don’t you ever lose that dream You were made for something bigger than what you can see” [BASS] Something bigger… [TENOR] Bigger than you see… [CHORUS] So I keep dreaming When I don’t know what it means I keep reaching For a door I haven’t seen I’ve been chasing that key Since I was a little boy Still looking for the lock Still wondering what it’s for And if there’s something waiting Somewhere out there meant for me I’ll keep on dreaming Till I find my skeleton key [STACKED VOCALS] Keep dreaming… Keep reaching… Keep dreaming… Dream… [VERSE 2 — quicker hip-hop soul cadence] I tried singing I tried rhyming Made some beats but not the timing Managed artists Started writing Always onto something new and— Thought a badge might be the answer Thought the law might hold the clue Every time I picked a doorway Something pulled me somewhere new Some would probably call me crazy Some would say, “Just pick a lane” But every road I’ve ever taken Still keeps calling out my name [A CAPPELLA BREAK] [BASS] Choose a door… [TENOR] Which way? [FALSETTO] How long? [SOPRANO] Someday… [ALL] Someday… Some way… Gods way.… [PRE-CHORUS 2] Mama never let me bury what I saw Every time I doubted, she’d remind me of it all See the sky… See the bridge… See the key… The way I flew… And somehow after all these years I’m still the kid who knew… [CHORUS] I gotta keep dreaming Though I don’t know what it means I gotta keep reaching For a door I haven’t seen I’ve been chasing that key Since I was a little boy A thousand different roads Still don’t know what it’s for But if there’s something waiting Somewhere out in front of me I’ll keep dreaming Till I find my skeleton key [A CAPPELLA QUARTET BREAK] [BASS] Play your music… [TENOR] Speak your words… [HIGH TENOR] Find your purpose… [FALSETTO] Make it heard… [SOPRANO] Maybe that key Wasn’t made for one door… [FALSETTO] Maybe the dreaming Keeps leading to more… [ALL] More… More… Mooooore… Close your eyes and reach… Reach… Reach for more… [WHISTLE NOTE] [8-BAR INSTRUMENTAL — lo-fi drums, bass groove, soulful guitar, wordless harmonies] [BRIDGE — stripped, intimate] See, I spent all these years thinking One perfect door would finally appear Like every dream was another little stairway And every step would somehow lead me here All that music wasn’t wasted All those pages weren’t for nothing Every road that didn’t make it Still became a part of something Maybe I don’t need the answer Maybe knowing ain’t the point [ALL — A CAPPELLA] Just keep… Dream… -ing… [FINAL CHORUS — builds from a cappella to full beat] So I keep dreaming Even when I don’t know what it means I keep reaching For that door I still ain’t seen I’ve been carrying that key Since I was a little boy And maybe finding what it opens Was never mine to know But if there’s something waiting Somewhere out there meant for me I’ll keep dreaming I’ll keep reaching For my skeleton key [ALL] Skeleton… Keyyyyyyy… [OUTRO — A CAPPELLA] [BASS] Keep dreaming… [TENOR] Keep reaching… [FALSETTO] Keep believing… [SOPRANO] Keep flying… [ALL] Mama said… Keep dreaming… [BASS — alone] Still reaching for that key… [FADE]
