Flying Over Japan on a TV Screen

Dead weighted
Burnt out
Staring at the blue light
You live with your eyes closed
I live with mine open wide
And I was flying over Japan
On a TV screen
I looked down
And there was you and me
Sitting under a pixelated cherry blossom tree
You ask me who I am
And I ask, who are you?
A stranger who's dreams never came true

You dreamed of writing for the movies
But you were scared of the Hollywood awe
You dreamed of buying a sailboat
But always said that you would just drown
You dreamed of being loyal
But you're here with me now
And you dreamed of seeing the whole world
But things just got in the way

Well you know how it is
Things always just get in the way
And you were scared that you were gonna get in the way of me
So you told me to live my life
Live it full
And live it well
But I kicked and I screamed
And I imagined this was hell

But I was laying on the stomach of another laughing man
And he looked at me kindly
He looked at me like I wasn't in the way
So I let go of your red, beating hand
And somehow or another
I lived