Pastor Charles’ “Nightmares & Pipe Dreams” Out NOW

Nightmares & Pipe Dreams is a powerful reflection on faith, struggle, and the thin line between hope and despair. Featuring Pastor Charles A.R., Lavoisier, and Troy Jenkins, the track blends raw lyricism with soulful hooks and philosophical depth, offering listeners both vulnerability and strength. The lyrics wrestle with inner battles, societal corruption, and the redemptive pull of Christ amid chaos—making it a wake-up call for a culture entangled in illusions of success and false narratives.

At a time when AI, social media, and cultural distractions shape distorted views of success, Nightmares & Pipe Dreams calls listeners to unplug from the “matrix” and find truth in Christ alone. Its gritty yet melodic production mixes synthesizers, samples, bass guitar, flute, and organ over an 85 BPM backdrop—layered with cinematic, reflective, and mysterious tones. With sharp wordplay, vivid imagery, and timeless truths, this single is both a lyrical showcase and a spiritual statement.

Verse 1
I know that the enemy’s schemin’,
I know that my joy is gonna be in the morning,

I kept a patient pen, sick and tired, the burden grows,
Had to pace my pen, stick retired, my burner ghost,
Acid reflux, blick full of fire, it burn to know,
That you must be just, and don’t let that fire get vertical,

It’s up chuck, I gave ‘em a running start,
While I’m jumping from the arc that’s as high as my vert will go,
I’m introverted on purpose, I rarely let verses go,
So when my pen spin the block, inertia bring vertigo,

Top down, but cautious like I’m navigating Slauson,
No California dreaming, can’t imagine I’m exhausted,
Pipe dreams, scheming how to get back what I lost,
It got me fighting nightmares, wicked savages in office,

Yeah, I wake up gasping way too often,
Jesus snatched me from that path, cuz it was hazardous to walk in,
I’m 39, blood covered, no more California dreaming,
And 40’s round the corner so that cal is for the demons.

Hook
Now as I lay me down to sleep,
Lord protect me from my dreams,
Cuz I don’t even know what’s real no more,
And everything ain’t as it seems.

Just nightmares & pipe dreams,
Just nightmares & pipe dreams,
Just nightmares & pipe dreams,
And everything ain’t as it seems.

Verse 2
Now when two particles become deeply interconnected,
Instantly affected, too much complexity to dissect it,
Who you banging with? This a lesson in quantum entanglement,
Even across the galaxy they maintain a relationship.

A fiend burning for Python and machine learning,
SQL databases, I be smackin’ rappers in they faces,
Get a wake-up call with no permission or haste at all,
We got secret weapons with us that’s ready to fade you all.

Now who the one that blaspheme the God that made us all?
Your favorite Christian rapper that be hardly saved at all.
I’m hardbody, German-engineering car body,
God’s Spirit livin’ in me so they call me godbody.

And quantum mathematics make the world already know,
Design is in the Fibonacci sequence, golden ratio.
The fabric of reality in multiple dimensions is profundity,
Warby Parker lenses with the rugby ski.

Outfit matching the strap (right),
Warby Parker lenses with the rugby ski,
Once I click clack that then it’s a wrap.

Bridge
Weeping may endure,
I know that the enemy’s schemin’,
I know that my joy is gonna be in the morning.

I’ve been dreaming of
A day that I can rest in You, Jesus.
Every day I’m longing just to be with You, Lord.

Hook (Repeat)
Now as I lay me down to sleep,
Lord protect me from my dreams,
Cuz I don’t even know what’s real no more,
And everything ain’t as it seems.

Just nightmares & pipe dreams,
Just nightmares & pipe dreams,
Just nightmares & pipe dreams,
And everything ain’t as it seems.