I've Got Dreams to Remember

Ipod shuffle played this plaintive tune yesterday:

I've got dreams
Dreams to remember
I've got dreams
Dreams to remember
Honey I saw you there last night
Another man's arms holding you tight
Nobody knows what I feeled inside
All I know, I walked away and cried
I got dreams, dreams to remember
Listen to me

I'm listening, Otis -- I love listening to you and what you feeled.

When I first heard this song, I thought the dreams he was singing about were the dreams he had for this relationship, and maybe they are in part, but mostly I think he's talking about dreams where he sees a replay of watching his woman cheating on him. Ouch. But it's still not enough to make him leave:

Dreams to remember
I still want you to stay
I still love you anyway
I still don't want you to ever leave
Girl, you just satisfy me! [Ooh-Wee!]

But his subconscious won't let him rest in her arms the way he did before:

I've got dreams
Dreams, bad dreams
Dreams, rough dreams
To remember
Don't make me suffer
Dreams, bad dreams
Dreams, rough dreams
To remember

I started having very vivid dreams when I was in a painful spot a number of years ago, and for a long time, I didn't know what to do with them. But they didn't go away, and slowly, I started to be willing to listen to the message. These days, I have lots of dreams, and I feel more willing to pay attention to what they are telling me, but at the moment, I'm not getting any clear messages.

And so I just try to be where I am: a place where the dreams I remember most strongly are of a powerful, beautiful connection to a powerful, beautiful man...