sweet dream - greg laswell

so, i've been on a greg laswell kick lately. he's a singer-songwriter from southern california (but lives in new york) who crafts introspective songs that mesh well with his lovely, deep voice. he sounds a bit like joshua radin with a hint of the delectible matt berninger thrown in.



oh, i'm such a sucker for deep voices in song.













the song i want to share with today is super short - it's just a hair longer than a minute (which is, honestly, like a tease, isn't it? songs that short? they rope you in and make you want mooooorrrreeeee). but sweet dream is simply...well, not to sound trite, but sweet. so much feeling, so much yearning put into so little time and words.



if i could write out my own dream

for the next time that i sleep

you'd be the first one i see

and i the last one that you keep



and the dream would go on and on

while we swayed against all things thrown our way

and the morning would be so cruel

when it came

with sunshine and warmth to blame

for announcing the end of my sweet dream

for announcing the end of my sweet dream



oh. oh. so lovely. just like so many of his songs.



(mp3) sweet dream by greg laswell



here's a video of greg performing it back in '08:






buy three flights from alto nido, the album sweet dream if off of, HERE.