Well, truth is stranger.

So the first single from Jewel’s upcoming album is being released today across the pond. I’m excited to hear it.

But, I’m almost as excited to be sharing with you a top secret song and video, Goodbye Alice in Wonderland, which also happens to be the title of the upcoming album.

It’s quite different from 0304, and even from This Way. Much more in line with Spirit, and, somewhat, Pieces of You.

Here are the lyrics for Goodbye Alice in Wonderland, just in case you were curious… The song was apparently written way back in June 2004, by the way!

It’s four in the afternoon
I’m on a flight leaving LA
Trying to think about my life
My youth scattered on the highway

Hotel rooms and headlights
I’ve made a living with a song
Just a guitar as my companion
Wanting desperately to be loved

Fame is filled with spoiled children
They grow fat on fantasy
I guess that’s why I’m leaving
I crave reality

So goodbye Alice in Wonderland
Goodbye yellow brick road
There is a difference between dreaming and pretending
I did not find paradise
It was only a reflection
Of my lonely mind wanting
For what’s been missing in my life

I’m embarassed to say
The rest is a rock and roll cliche
I hit the bottom when I reached the top
Never knew it was you
Who was breaking my heart
I thought you had to love me
But you did not
Yes, a heart can hallucinate
If it’s completely stuffed for love
Can even turn monsters in angels from above

You forced my love just like a weapon
Turned it against me like a knife
You broke my last heart string
But you opened up my eyes

So goodbye Alice in Wonderland
Goodbye yellow brick road
There is a difference between dreaming and pretending
That was not love in your eyes
It was only a reflection
Of my lonely mind searching
For what’s been missing in my life

Growing up is not an abscence of dreaming
It’s being able to understand the difference between
The ones you can hold and the ones that you’ve been sold
Dreaming is a good thing
Cause it brings new pieces to life
Pretending is an ending
That perpetuates a lie
Forgetting what you are
Seeing for what you’ve been told

Truth is stranger than fiction
This is my chance to get it right
Life is much better
Without all of those pretty lies

So goodbye Alice in Wonderland
You can keep your yellow brick road
There is a difference between dreaming and pretending
These are not tears in my eyes
They are only a reflection
Of my lonely mind finding
They are only a reflection
Of my lonely mind finding
I found what’s missing from my life