Middletown Dreams

I love the cyclical nature of the "middle-aged madonna" verse.

But she'll go walking out that door On some bright afternoon To go and paint big cities From a lonely attic room

To me, that means we like to tell ourselves we're going to do something big, but for whatever reasons, however you interpret it, something is stopping us from achieving that dream, yet we still hold on to those dreams. In a literal sense, it could mean her dream was to move to a big city, to "get out", but again, all she ends up doing is imagining her dream on a pastel.

Wov, one of Niel´s best attempts. To put it simple, without dreams life isn´t worth a dime since you lack anything to be driven by and just by dreaming alone that dream comes true for you to live it, only in a slightly different way.

This song is about exactly what the title describes. Growing up in a small town ("middletown") and dreaming of "getting out." I grew in the Midwest and I see much of myself and my friends in these lyrics.

Beautiful song! Just incredible!

"Dreams transport the ones who need to get out of town."

Wow.

It's nice to have dreams even though the dreams go unfulfilled, It keeps our hopes up, like someone saying "someday I'm going to__"

Very very strong song. The synthes Geddy uses are marvelous. I think this song should be noticed all around the world. Especially to get to know the chorus. It is very beautiful.

"Dreams flow across the heartland Feeding on the fires"

I always imagine flying through open mountain ranges, and through small towns.

Great great song...

to blaze accross the heavens like a brilliant shooting star

One of the more human songs on Power Windows. Peter Collins is an amazing producer and he polished this one to perfection. I think that it's speaking of the power of imagination, and how it can only take us so far. That we have to make those Middletown Dreams reality.

I hink that I get it its the mans life when he's about to die and he drinks some beer and has a flashback of when he was a kid doing fun thingsin the town he grew up in. then he gets older into his middle age and wants to get away from the same town hes been in his whole life and hes about to go but then doesnt want to go anymore so he stays. and now hes almost dead and hes still in the same town and he is trying to think on the bright side but he cant.

I feel it's more towards middling in your efforts - underachieving. I'm reading a lot into the last verse but

It's understood By every single person Who'd be elsewhere if they could So far so good And life's not unpleasant In their little neighborhood

that feels like the narrative --- If you wanted to, you would move/change things . You're only where you are because you tolerate it