a dream too far

#chill #downtempo #lofibeats #cat ☕ Support me on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/driftfrequencies If you enjoy these lo-fi beats, consider buying me a coffee. Your support helps me create more music and art. Thank you! 💙 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The sky hums with a deep, quiet blue, stretching out beyond the edges of thought. A black cat drifts weightlessly, paws curled around a toy just out of reach—a golden bird tethered by the thinnest thread. The air around it is soft, endless, rippling like the surface of a forgotten dream. A dream too far. The cat does not fight the weightlessness. It floats, watching the toy sway in the stillness, caught between holding on and letting go. The world beneath it has blurred, fading into gentle currents of color, slipping further away with each passing moment. How long has it been drifting? Was it reaching for something real, or something it imagined long ago? The toy bobs slightly, teasing, promising. But the cat only blinks, its wide eyes reflecting the hush of the sky. Perhaps it is not meant to catch it. Perhaps some things are always just beyond the tips of our paws. The air cradles the cat like a secret, whispering things it no longer remembers. The wind does not push, the sky does not call. There is only stillness. And the question that lingers, floating just beyond reach. Was this always the dream? The cat does not know. It only drifts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?” — Langston Hughes, Dream Deferred Hughes questions what happens to dreams left waiting. The cat floating in a vast, dreamlike space mirrors this sense of longing, hesitation, and distance between desire and reality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Track list 00:00 beyond forever 03:23 unreachable 06:53 just out of reach 09:25 into the wind 12:00 no way back 14:47 whispers 18:00 distant dreams 20:23 soft goodbye 22:47 take flight 26:18 lost in thoughts 29:46 just a memory 32:25 a dream too far . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part of the Existential Cat Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg8vC_uDzXkEnhpnBF9z3GueHuGu1GsVw All tracks and cover art are the property of drift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #lofi #jazz #coffeeshopmusic #playlist #artmusic #chillmusic #chillvibes #chillbeats #chillhop #chillwave #lofichill #lofibeats #lofimix #instrumental #lofimusicforstudying #lofihiphopmixtape #lofimixtape #musicforstudying #jazzylofi