Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
In and out of darkness, in and out of sleep
Trying to keep my hands upon the wheel
Never saw the corner in the driving rain
I never saw her step into the street
Dreaming while you sleep
Dreaming while you sleep
Memories to keep
Dreaming while you sleep
I can never understand just what went through my mind
I didn't stop to see what I had done
Had to keep on driving deep into the night
The miles between would somehow put it right
Dreaming while you sleep
Dreaming while you sleep
Memories to keep
Dreaming while you sleep
All my life you lie silently there
All my life in a world so unfair
All my life and only I'll know why
And it will live inside of me
I will never be free all my life
Trapped in her memory all my life
'Til the day that you open your eyes
Please, please, please open your eyes
Dreaming while you sleep
Dreaming while you sleep
Heard it on the radio, and I saw it on TV
But could I take my secret to the grave?
If I had another chance, would I do the same?
Would I still deny that it was me?
Dreaming while you sleep
Dreaming while you sleep
Dreaming while you sleep
Are you dreaming while you sleep?
Are you dreaming while you sleep?
All my life I'll be haunted by
All my life just one moment in time
All my life until the day I die
And it will live inside of me
I will never be free all my life
Trapped in her memory all my life
'Til the day that you open your eyes
Please, oh please, please, please open your eyes
And just one moment of time, all my life
Oh, and it will live inside of me
I will never be free all my life
'Til the day that you open your eyes, eyes
Please, please, please open your eyes
Dreaming while you sleep
Are you dreaming while you sleep?
Dreaming while you sleep
Are you dreaming while you sleep?
Dreaming while you sleep
Trying to keep my hands upon the wheel
Never saw the corner in the driving rain
I never saw her step into the street
Dreaming while you sleep
Dreaming while you sleep
Memories to keep
Dreaming while you sleep
I can never understand just what went through my mind
I didn't stop to see what I had done
Had to keep on driving deep into the night
The miles between would somehow put it right
Dreaming while you sleep
Dreaming while you sleep
Memories to keep
Dreaming while you sleep
All my life you lie silently there
All my life in a world so unfair
All my life and only I'll know why
And it will live inside of me
I will never be free all my life
Trapped in her memory all my life
'Til the day that you open your eyes
Please, please, please open your eyes
Dreaming while you sleep
Dreaming while you sleep
Heard it on the radio, and I saw it on TV
But could I take my secret to the grave?
If I had another chance, would I do the same?
Would I still deny that it was me?
Dreaming while you sleep
Dreaming while you sleep
Dreaming while you sleep
Are you dreaming while you sleep?
Are you dreaming while you sleep?
All my life I'll be haunted by
All my life just one moment in time
All my life until the day I die
And it will live inside of me
I will never be free all my life
Trapped in her memory all my life
'Til the day that you open your eyes
Please, oh please, please, please open your eyes
And just one moment of time, all my life
Oh, and it will live inside of me
I will never be free all my life
'Til the day that you open your eyes, eyes
Please, please, please open your eyes
Dreaming while you sleep
Are you dreaming while you sleep?
Dreaming while you sleep
Are you dreaming while you sleep?
Dreaming while you sleep
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by acirvin
Dreaming While You Sleep Lyrics as written by Michael Rutherford Anthony George Banks
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Great version of a great song,
He seems to say pretty clearly in the lyrics that he does hope that she wakes up, even though he knows it might condemn him: "Till the day that you open your eyes, please open your eyes"
Logically speaking, if he can think straight enough, he would notice that the "darkness" and "driving rain" would have also affected her. Considering she's described as stepping off a corner right in the path of an oncoming car, she might not have seen it at all, let alone enough to ID it.
I think the "dreaming" that the narrator does is PTSD flashbacks, which can be just like dreaming (or having a nightmare) while awake. (A family friend went through it after a kid rode a bike into the side of his car from behind a tall barrier.) Since the woman in the song "sleeps" i.e. is in a coma, it would explain the "dreaming while you sleep" lines.