Among all rock groups, the Moody Blues regarded themselves as poets. The band's spin off group, the Blue Jays had a similar approach to writing.
I Dreamed Last Night is a fine example of their writing and has superb lyrical composition - but does it stand as a poem? As a song it appeals to universal themes of longing and lost love - but is the writer telling his own story or is it merely a collection of disjoined thoughts and convenient rhymes?
Oh I dreamed last night I was hearing, hearing your voice
and the things that you said well they left me, left me no choice
And you told me we had the power
And you told me this was the hour
that you don't know how
if I could show you now
Well I dreamed last night you were calling, calling my name
You were locked inside of your secrets,
calling my name
And you told me lost was the key
And you told me how you long to be free,
that you don't know how
Oh let me show you now
Like a bird on a far distant mountain,
like a ship on an uncharted sea,
you are lost in the arms that have found you
Don't be afraid,
love's plans are made
Oh don't be afraid
If there's a time and a place to begin love
It must be now
Let it go
Set it free
Oh I dreamed last night I was hearing, hearing your voice.
Why did you say those things that have left me,
left me no choice?
When you told me we had the power
why did you tell me now was the hour?
But you don't know how
Oh let me show you now
Like a bird on a far distant mountain,
like a ship on an uncharted sea,
you are lost in the arms that have found you
Oh don't be afraid
Love's plans are made
Don't be afraid
If there's a time and a place to begin love
It must be now
Let it go
Set it free
Oh I dreamed last night I was hearing, hearing your voice
