"Just a Dream" is the fourth single released from Carrie Underwood's second studio album, Carnival Ride. The song was composed by Gordie Sampson, Steven McEwan and Hillary Lindsey. A video has been filmed for the song. The video has been released as of August 5, 2008.[1] The song was officially released to radio on July 21, 2008. The song chronicles a young woman who is about to get married, only to discover that her husband-to-be (who is a soldier) has been killed in combat. Upon realizing that he is dead, she wishes that it were "just a dream" that her husband had been killed.