Just A Dream
Steven Tyler & Carrie Underwood Lyrics

It was two weeks after the day she turned eighteen
The following events took place right after the subject's 18th birthday

All dressed in white, going to the church that night
The subject wore a white gown and was heading to the church

She had his box of letters in the passenger seat
The subject had a box of letters from her partner sitting in the front seat

Sixpence in her shoe
The subject wore a sixpence in her shoe for good luck

Something borrowed, something blue
The subject also had items that were borrowed and blue for the wedding tradition

And when the church doors opened up wide
The church doors opened wide for the subject's entrance

She put her veil down trying to hide the tears
The subject cried and tried to hide it with her veil

Oh she just couldn't believe it
The subject was in disbelief about something that had happened

She heard the trumpets from the military band
The subject heard the trumpets of a military band playing

And the flowers fell out of her hands
The subject dropped the flowers she was holding

Baby, why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go
The subject asks her partner why he left and why he had to go

I was counting on forever, now I'll never know
The subject thought they were going to be together forever but now it will never happen

I can't even breathe
The subject is so overwhelmed that it is difficult to breathe

It's like I'm looking from a distance,
The subject feels disconnected from the situation

Standing in the background
The subject feels like they are not the main focus

Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now,
Everyone is saying that the subject's partner will never come home again

This can't be happening to me
The subject cannot believe what is happening to them

This is just a dream
The subject believes that this is all just a nightmare and not reality

The preacher man said let us bow our heads and pray
The preacher told everyone to bow their heads and pray

Lord please lift his soul and heal this hurt
The subject asked the lord to take care of the soul of their partner

Then the congregation all stood up
Everyone in the church stood up

And sang the saddest song that she ever heard
The congregation sang the saddest song that the subject had ever heard

Then they handed her a folded up flag
The subject was given a folded up flag which symbolized her partner's service in the military

And she held on to all she had left of him
The subject held onto everything she had that reminded her of her partner

Oh, and what could've been
The subject thought about what could have been if her partner was still alive

And then guns rang one last shot
A gun was fired one last time

And it felt like a bullet in her heart
The pain of the situation felt like a bullet in her heart

Oh I'll never know
The subject will never know what could have happened if her partner was alive

Oh, this is just a dream
The subject continues to believe that what happened is not real

Just a dream, (yeah, yeah)
The subject repeats that this is just a nightmare