Josephine

I heard the name Josephine
 It came to me in a dream
 And I don't usually set too much store
 By the things these things might mean
 But it was spoken with seriousness
 More of a whisper than a scream
 So now I'm waiting on some Josephine
 To show herself to me
 I could have been anyone
 I imagined I could be
 I just needed somebody
 To wake me from my sleep
 I could have been Napoleon, could have been Beethoven
 Could have been anyone, but uncomfortable me
 So come on now, Josephine
 Show yourself to me
 Come now, Josephine
 Give me what I need
 I don't like to be needy but needs most
 I can't stand being the person that I've been
 I'm an impending car crash
 And you're the first one on the scene
 I'm a defeated commander, I'm a half-deaf composer
 I'm a strange name whispered in a dream
 I could have been anyone
 I imagined I could be
 I just needed somebody
 To wake me from my sleep
 I could have been Napoleon, could have been Beethoven
 Could have been anyone, but uncomfortable me
 So come on now, Josephine
 Show yourself to me
 Come on now, Josephine
 Let's pretend it's Halloween
 You come as a car crash
 I'll go as James Dean
 I'm Napoloeon on Elba
 And you're a hundred days in 1815
 I wrote all of these letters to my immortal beloved
 And you're the only one who's ever gonna know what they mean
 Come on now, Josephine (whoa)
 Wake me from my sleep (whoa)
 I could have been anyone (whoa)
 I ended up being me (whoa)
 I could have been wide awake, could have been what you need (whoa)
 I wish that I was anyone except for just me (who)
 So come on now, Josephine (whoa)
 Show yourself to me (whoa)
 Come on now, Josephine (whoa)
 Show yourself to me (whoa)
 Ah, come on now, Josephine (whoa)
 Show yourself to me (whoa)
 Come on now, Josephine (whoa)
 Show yourself to me