i gotta dream

i gotta dream, gotta be me

i’m not a machine, i do not live for you, i gotta dream

i have the right to ask for what i want

i have the right to say not this time

i have the right to express what i feel

i have the right to change my mind

i may depend on you - you help me live

you may depend on me - and yet, and yet

i gotta dream, gotta be me

i gotta soar above the clouds some days

i’m not a machine, i do not live for you, i gotta dream

i have the right to make mistakes

i have the right to change

i have the right to say that i’m afraid

i have the right to play

i may depend on you - you help me live

you may depend on me - and yet, and yet

i gotta dream, gotta be me

i gotta soar above the clouds some days

i gotta run until i feel no pain

i’m not a machine, i do not live for you, i gotta dream

i have the right to let others fail

i have the right to need my time

i have the right to say that i don’t know

i have the right to feel fine

i may depend on you - you help me live

you may depend on me - and yet, and yet

 i gotta dream, gotta be me

i gotta soar above the clouds some days

i gotta run until i feel no pain

i gotta think what no one’s thought before

i gotta ride into the starlit night

i gotta tear my clothes and howl at the moon

i gotta swim out far beyond the land

i gotta lose myself in fields of grain

i gotta dance like a fool down on the sand

i’m not a machine, i do not live for you, i gotta dream

written by tom yates 18 january 2016