In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
A mother sets the dinner table
Son crashes to the pavement, yeah
A father workin' just to make ends
We spend our lives to try and make sense, of it.
But I, I feel the love, I feel the power
It comes to me in the darkest hour
And I, I wanna feel it again.
In this dreamland the kids are alright,
And the sky is blue.
We all got wings,
And know how to fly.
I made it to the moon.
The sun on my face,
My head in the clouds.
Time on my side,
My feet off the ground,
I'm not comin' down.
The summer ends, the ocean dries up
A stranger dies and no one gives a fuck
I take a look over my shoulder
All my friends have gotten older, oh yeah, oh yeah
But I, I feel the love, I feel the power
It comes to me in the darkest hour
And I, I wanna feel it again.
In this dreamland the kids are alright,
And the sky is blue.
We all got wings,
And know how to fly.
I made it to the moon.
The sun on my face,
My head in the clouds,
Time on my side,
My feet off the ground.
I'm not comin' down.
I'm not gonna
Change just to change,
Break just to break,
Blame just to blame,
My head in the clouds,
Feet off the ground,
I'm not comin' down.
In this dreamland the kids are alright
And the sky is blue.
We all got wings,
And know how to fly.
I made it to the moon.
The sun on my face,
My head in the clouds,
Time on my side,
My feet off the ground.
I'm not comin' down.
I'm not comin' down.
I'm not comin' down.
I'm not comin' down.
Son crashes to the pavement, yeah
A father workin' just to make ends
We spend our lives to try and make sense, of it.
But I, I feel the love, I feel the power
It comes to me in the darkest hour
And I, I wanna feel it again.
In this dreamland the kids are alright,
And the sky is blue.
We all got wings,
And know how to fly.
I made it to the moon.
The sun on my face,
My head in the clouds.
Time on my side,
My feet off the ground,
I'm not comin' down.
The summer ends, the ocean dries up
A stranger dies and no one gives a fuck
I take a look over my shoulder
All my friends have gotten older, oh yeah, oh yeah
But I, I feel the love, I feel the power
It comes to me in the darkest hour
And I, I wanna feel it again.
In this dreamland the kids are alright,
And the sky is blue.
We all got wings,
And know how to fly.
I made it to the moon.
The sun on my face,
My head in the clouds,
Time on my side,
My feet off the ground.
I'm not comin' down.
I'm not gonna
Change just to change,
Break just to break,
Blame just to blame,
My head in the clouds,
Feet off the ground,
I'm not comin' down.
In this dreamland the kids are alright
And the sky is blue.
We all got wings,
And know how to fly.
I made it to the moon.
The sun on my face,
My head in the clouds,
Time on my side,
My feet off the ground.
I'm not comin' down.
I'm not comin' down.
I'm not comin' down.
I'm not comin' down.
Lyrics submitted by schizofranic
Dreamland Lyrics as written by Raine Maida Duncan Coutts
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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The way the song starts about Mother setting the table and Dad working hard reminds me of my own childhood. Raine and OLP grew up in the 70's and 80's and the world was definitely a different place then. We tended to know our neighbours more, as kids we'd just go play outside and roam the streets and we'd be safe. Further the song says that a man dies and no one gives a fuck. We don't know our neighbours anymore. All his friends are getting older, things are changing, sometimes just for the sake of changing.
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