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.
She's lost in coma where it's beautiful
Intoxicated from the deep sleep, deep sleep
do you wonder what it's like
living in a permanent imagination?
sleeping to escape reality, but you like it like that
Guilty by design, she's nothing more than fiction
she dreams in digital
´cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal,
she's dreaming in digital
she dreams in digital
And your pixel army can't save you now
my finger's on the kill switch
I remember I used to compose your dreams, (control your dreams)
and don't be afraid to expose yourself before I shut you down
you made some changes since the virus caught you sleeping
Guilty by design, she's nothing more than fiction
But she dreams in digital
cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal
she's dreaming in digital (dreams in digital)
cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal
she's dreaming in digital (dreams in digital)
she dreams in digital
(dreams in digital)
she dreams in digital
she's guilty by design
cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal that she's dreaming in digital
(she's nothing more than fiction)
cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal, she's dreaming in digital
(dreams in digital)
Intoxicated from the deep sleep, deep sleep
do you wonder what it's like
living in a permanent imagination?
sleeping to escape reality, but you like it like that
Guilty by design, she's nothing more than fiction
she dreams in digital
´cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal,
she's dreaming in digital
she dreams in digital
And your pixel army can't save you now
my finger's on the kill switch
I remember I used to compose your dreams, (control your dreams)
and don't be afraid to expose yourself before I shut you down
you made some changes since the virus caught you sleeping
Guilty by design, she's nothing more than fiction
But she dreams in digital
cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal
she's dreaming in digital (dreams in digital)
cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal
she's dreaming in digital (dreams in digital)
she dreams in digital
(dreams in digital)
she dreams in digital
she's guilty by design
cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal that she's dreaming in digital
(she's nothing more than fiction)
cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal, she's dreaming in digital
(dreams in digital)
Lyrics submitted by thewhitepony33, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Fiction (Dreams In Digital) Lyrics as written by Oliver Sim James Thomas Smith
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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