I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Let me into your sweet dreams
Let me in
Let me into your sweet dreams
I'm watching you, go to sleep
I'm watching you but you can't see me
Dream on, sweet dreams
Dream on, let me into your sweet dreams
I am the pain in your brain when you dream
I am the tears you cry, when you're asleep
I'm the slimy demon hanging on your wall
Touching you, watching you dream of me falling on you
Let me in
Let me into your dreams
Let me in let me in let me in
Let me in
Let me into your sweet dreams
I'm clawing at your skin, you gotta let me in
You'll never know my friend
Why i've come to steal your soul
Oh yeah! but your soul has turned to gold
Keep on dreaming as i feed on your soul
Keep on dreaming as your soul it turns to gold
Let me in
Let me into your sweet dreams
Let me in let me in let me in into your dreams
Let me in let me in let me in sweet dreams
I need your soul
I need your soul to pay my way out of here
Let me in!
Let me into your dreams, sweet dreams
I'm burning up, you gotta let me in
I'm burning up, you gotta let me into your soul
You gotta get me out of this fire, I'm burning up
Get me out get me out get me out
Of
Hell
Let me in
Let me into your sweet dreams
I'm watching you, go to sleep
I'm watching you but you can't see me
Dream on, sweet dreams
Dream on, let me into your sweet dreams
I am the pain in your brain when you dream
I am the tears you cry, when you're asleep
I'm the slimy demon hanging on your wall
Touching you, watching you dream of me falling on you
Let me in
Let me into your dreams
Let me in let me in let me in
Let me in
Let me into your sweet dreams
I'm clawing at your skin, you gotta let me in
You'll never know my friend
Why i've come to steal your soul
Oh yeah! but your soul has turned to gold
Keep on dreaming as i feed on your soul
Keep on dreaming as your soul it turns to gold
Let me in
Let me into your sweet dreams
Let me in let me in let me in into your dreams
Let me in let me in let me in sweet dreams
I need your soul
I need your soul to pay my way out of here
Let me in!
Let me into your dreams, sweet dreams
I'm burning up, you gotta let me in
I'm burning up, you gotta let me into your soul
You gotta get me out of this fire, I'm burning up
Get me out get me out get me out
Of
Hell
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Sweet Dreams Lyrics as written by Allen Toussaint
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