Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Blood drips down venetian blinds
I cut myself on the glass I grind
I'm on my knees on the floor|
Carpet stained with whiskey and blood
I don't know why I'm doing so much
I hurt but I feel no pain
When I see the morning rise
And I kick myself and I realize
I'm out on that road alone again
So I search my mind, destroy my soul
Turn my collar against the cold
I can't get of the road I'm on
I find solace in an empty shot glass
So I'll just keep dreaming on, dreaming on, dreaming on
I'm to scared to close my eyes
I get nightmares in starry skies
When will all of this end?
I'm on this merry-go-round
I'm up and then I'm down
I can't tell what's happened to me
I see no future in a death wish user
I'll just keep dreaming on, dreaming on, dreaming on
Said I'm dreaming on
Well it seems more or less, that I'm traped by my
own regrets, and I just can't see it any other way
Well I don't know why I can't say no
But it's just like a fever and it grows
It's getting stronger everyday
Too scared to close my eyes
I have nightmares and its' no surprise
Oh is it ever going to end
I'm on this merry go round
You take me up and you're taking me down
And I can't tell what's happening to me
But there's no horizons
Cause there's to much lying
I'll just keep dreaming on
Yeah now, I can see no future and that's for death wish users
I just keep dreaming on, dreaming on
Yeah dreaming on
Said I'm dreaming on ,on & on & on
I cut myself on the glass I grind
I'm on my knees on the floor|
Carpet stained with whiskey and blood
I don't know why I'm doing so much
I hurt but I feel no pain
When I see the morning rise
And I kick myself and I realize
I'm out on that road alone again
So I search my mind, destroy my soul
Turn my collar against the cold
I can't get of the road I'm on
I find solace in an empty shot glass
So I'll just keep dreaming on, dreaming on, dreaming on
I'm to scared to close my eyes
I get nightmares in starry skies
When will all of this end?
I'm on this merry-go-round
I'm up and then I'm down
I can't tell what's happened to me
I see no future in a death wish user
I'll just keep dreaming on, dreaming on, dreaming on
Said I'm dreaming on
Well it seems more or less, that I'm traped by my
own regrets, and I just can't see it any other way
Well I don't know why I can't say no
But it's just like a fever and it grows
It's getting stronger everyday
Too scared to close my eyes
I have nightmares and its' no surprise
Oh is it ever going to end
I'm on this merry go round
You take me up and you're taking me down
And I can't tell what's happening to me
But there's no horizons
Cause there's to much lying
I'll just keep dreaming on
Yeah now, I can see no future and that's for death wish users
I just keep dreaming on, dreaming on
Yeah dreaming on
Said I'm dreaming on ,on & on & on
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Dream On Lyrics as written by David Gleeson Brad Heaney
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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