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The River Down Beneath

June 08, 2025 by Mike Vitale in Blog, Dreams, Music, Love, Life, New Music

I wrote this from a dream I had on 5.24.25, while traveling around Oklahoma and Texas the past few weeks.

It’s called “The River Down Beneath”. I found some really lovely artwork for it this morning, and will release it to streaming services if you like it. Thanks for listening to me.

THE RIVER DOWN BENEATH

words and music by me and my Unconscious

Dr. Miller speaks

Some sort of pedagogic speech

Singing praises of days and endless music

And I’m transported to a vestibule

With a river down beneath

There’s a man hanging there across the door

Like some old Christmas wreath

When suddenly the man

falls from the door

Into the darkness of a chasm

That I’ve never seen before

I can’t help but think

To replace this human wreath

Dr. Miller thinks

Therefore she lays a desert Sphinx

Watching over the Giza’s threefold structures

And here I am back at a vestibule

With with my dreams and my health

Rummaging through these kitchen cupboards

Perched up on a shelf

The cupboards are facing towards the ceiling

And I’m lifting lids to look inside

I never find what it is my thoughts are seeking

But I break a hinge as I try

And as I step down from the countertop

Behind me there’s a man smiling on a bed

Who am I who thinks?

Is it this consciousness that links

The field of love and light and eternal structure

Because here I am crying in a world of hurt

With homelessness and regret

Waking from successive nights of slumber to a world of mounting debt

I feel my connection to the folks I meet as travel this world alone

I give my thanks to the nourishment from food I eat

As I make my own efforts to grow

And as I live a life of meager means

There’s a purpose that I wish to know

WHO IS MIKE VITALE?

I am a storyteller, songwriter, singer, music producer, traveling musician, Jungian dream analyst, all-around curious fellow (Spiritual, Mathematical Historical, Scientific), Taoist, and much much more, based out of Los Angeles, California. I’m constantly releasing new music, in all sorts of different genres. You can listen to me below, on Spotify:

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