All my friends tell me I should move on
I'm lying in the ocean, singing your song
Ah, that's how you sing it
Loving you forever, can't be wrong
Even though you're not here, won't move on
Ah, that's how we played it

And there's no remedy for memory
Your face is like a melody
It won't leave my head
Your soul is haunting me
And telling me that everything is fine
But I wish I was dead (dead, like you)

Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side
Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side

All my friends ask me why I stay strong
Tell 'em when you find true love it lives on
Ah, that's why I stay here

And there's no remedy for memory
Your face is like a melody
It won't leave my head
Your soul is haunting me
And telling me that everything is fine
But I wish I was dead (dead, like you)

Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side
Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
But there's no you, except in my dreams tonight

Oh-oh-oh-oh, ha-ha-ha-ha
I don't wanna wake up from this tonight
Oh-oh-oh-oh, ha-ha-ha-ha
I don't wanna wake up from this tonight

There's no relief, I see you in my sleep
And everybody's rushing me, but I can feel you touching me
There's no release, I feel you in my dreams
Telling me I'm fine

Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side (so tell me)
Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
But there's no you, except in my dreams tonight

Oh-oh-oh-oh, ha-ha-ha-ha
I don't wanna wake up from this tonight
Oh-oh-oh-oh, ha-ha-ha-ha
I don't wanna wake up from this tonight


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Dark Paradise Lyrics as written by Rick Nowels Elizabeth Grant

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    This song is about one of her past boyfriends who she deeply loved and cared for. He commited suicide and now she realizes that she will never be able to forget about him.

    "No one compares to you. I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side." ----- This line is saying that she loved him but is afraid that, since he took his life, that he may have not made it into the gates of heaven. Many people are unsure of whether those who kill themselves will still inherit the Kingdom of God.

    "But I wish I was dead. (Dead With You)"------ This confirms the fact that Lana can NOT live without this guy and that she rather be DEAD with him. Clearly, he is dead and wherever he is, she just wants to be with him.

    "And there's no remedy for memory. Your face is like a melody." ------This lines are amazing. She's saying that there is no cure for memories. If you hold a memory of a loved one, nothing can make that memory disappear and you will, whether you'd like to or not, will always remember the one you first loved.

    The song is, over-all, about not being able to live without a loved-one and accepting the fact that he/ she is gone and not being afraid to still think back to the good times with that person and welcome in memories of the past, even if they are dark...

    Her memories are clearly bitter sweet. They are sweet and special and she loved them like a "PARADISE" but every time she looks back, all she can think about is how she no longer can experience that paradise. It holds a "DARK" fear to it. DARK MEMORIES.

    RobbieTheLyricalGeniuson April 20, 2012   Link

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