You would not believe your eyes
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
It was hard to keep my eyes open as I laid back in the cool summer grass. My eyelashes fluttered violently against my cheeks as I tried my best to stay awake and make the precious moment last.
"Are you alright, Alice?" Hatter asked, turning so he could see my face.
"Yes, I'm fine," I replied.
'Cause they'd fill the open air
And leave teardrops everywhere
You'd think me rude
But I would just stand and stare
I couldn't decide which was better- the beautiful sight in the air above or the tranquility that was washing over my heart. Everything was so peaceful in Underland since the Red Queen had been defeated… the simple ataraxia made me want to stand up and announce my elation to the world. So gorgeous were the stars in the sky, the blessed pulchritude made my heart futterwacken in my chest!
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather be
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
Finally, I realized that everything around me was so blissfully real. The fresh smell of the earth, the wind playing with the hem of my dress, the strong and gallant man laying beside me…
'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
As they tried to teach me how to dance
Suddenly he leaped to his feet and extended a bandaged hand. "May I have this dance, my lady?" he grinned.
"You're loony!" I laughed as I placed my fingers in his and allowed him to pull me up. "There's no music!"
A foxtrot above my head
A sock hop beneath my bed
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread
"Ah, but that's where you're wrong, dear Alice!" he told me. One of his arms circled my waist while the other brought my hand up near our faces. He leaned forward and gently whispered in my ear, "The whole world is made of music if you just take the time to listen."
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns Slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep
I'm dreaming again, I told myself, How strange… realizing that my last dream was real, and now I'm having this one!
Even if a world of talking animals, cakes that make you grow, and drinks that make you shrink was possible… there's no way that I could be dancing with a mad man in the middle of an open field… to no music!
Leave my door open just a crack
(please take me away from here)
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac
(please take me away from here)
Why do I tire of counting sheep?(please take me away from here)
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep?
"What are you thinking about, love?" he asked as he twirled me about. I shook my head and smiled weakly. "Oh nothing," I replied. "Just wondering what it would be like to fly."