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Sleeping Awake Lyrics
Reveal to me
The mysteries
Can you tell me what it means?
Explain these motions and metaphors
Unlock these secrets in me
Describe the visions
The meaning is missing
Won't anybody listen?
Define the riddles of my mind
Nothing is really as it seems
Dreaming of Zion awake
Sleeping awake
Dreaming of Zion awake
Can't stop sleeping awake
Do you see what I see?
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like I feel?
Do you see what I see?
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like I feel?
Can't stop sleeping awake
Can you see it?
The writing
Can you tell me what it means?
Translate the symbols; enigma
Expressions keep pushing me
The message slips and the meaning is missing
Won't anybody listen?
Prophecy; interpretate the signs
Nothing is really as it seems
Dreaming of Zion awake
Sleeping awake
Dreaming of Zion awake
Can't stop sleeping awake
Do you see what I see?
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like I feel?
Do you see what I see?
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like feel?
Can't stop sleeping awake
Do you see what I see?
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like I feel?
Can you dream what I dream?
Do you see what I see?
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like I feel?
Do you dream like I dream?
Can anybody see me?
Can anybody hear me?
Can anybody feel me?
Is anybody out there?
Dreaming of Zion awake
Sleeping awake
Dreaming of Zion awake
Can't stop sleeping awake
Do you see what I see?
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like I feel?
Can't stop sleeping awake
Can anybody see me?
Can anybody hear me?
Can anybody feel me?
Is anybody out there?
The mysteries
Can you tell me what it means?
Explain these motions and metaphors
Unlock these secrets in me
Describe the visions
The meaning is missing
Won't anybody listen?
Nothing is really as it seems
Sleeping awake
Dreaming of Zion awake
Can't stop sleeping awake
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like I feel?
Do you see what I see?
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like I feel?
Can't stop sleeping awake
The writing
Can you tell me what it means?
Translate the symbols; enigma
Expressions keep pushing me
The message slips and the meaning is missing
Won't anybody listen?
Nothing is really as it seems
Sleeping awake
Dreaming of Zion awake
Can't stop sleeping awake
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like I feel?
Do you see what I see?
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like feel?
Can't stop sleeping awake
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like I feel?
Can you dream what I dream?
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like I feel?
Do you dream like I dream?
Can anybody see me?
Can anybody hear me?
Can anybody feel me?
Is anybody out there?
Sleeping awake
Dreaming of Zion awake
Can't stop sleeping awake
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like I feel?
Can't stop sleeping awake
Can anybody see me?
Can anybody hear me?
Can anybody feel me?
Is anybody out there?
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This song is about both Christianity AND the Matrix. The Matrix itself is a distilled version of Existential Philosophy, which is highly compatible with Christianity and was used by Soren Kierkegaard to capture Christianity's main beliefs. Also, Plato's metaphor, The Cave, sounds hauntingly like The Matrix.
This relates to the experience both Neo and any Christian go through when they are presented with the Christian reality. They come to face that everything they've ever held to be true is just a loosely-held illusion.
I've actually heard conversion described quite often like being roused from sleeping in a dream-world. You never look at anything the same way again, which captures Neo's point of view perfectly.
As for the song being about Daniel, that's highly likely. There are a number of allusions in The Matrix to the book of Daniel, one of them being the name of Morpheus' ship, the Nebuchadnezzar. He was one of the kings that Daniel interpreted dreams for.
Sonny wrote this song after reading the book of Daniel... in the Bible. The song and a certain part of Daniel are hauntingly similar.
I think it's about literally what it says. That we're all sleeping awake. That Zion is right in front of us. That everything in our lives points toward it. These motions and metaphors, expressions keep pushing me. It's a real place, and we're already in it.
I think it's about literally what it says. That we're all sleeping awake. That Zion is right in front of us. That everything in our lives points toward it. These motions and metaphors, expressions keep pushing me. It's a real place, and we're already in it.
I agree with exnihilo - their are overtones of The Book of Daniel in this song (as well as in The Matrix). The lyrics - Can you see it?/ The writing/ Can you tell me what it means?/ Translate the symbols; enigma/ Expressions keep pushing me/ The message slips and the meaning is missing - refers the Daniel and Belshazzar's feast, in which a mysterious hand writes 'Mene, Mene (your time has come) Tekel (you have been weighed and found wanting), Upsharin (the time of your reign is over, and it shall be split between the Persians and the Medes)', and Daniel is called upon to translate their meaning.
If we then follow the timeline of the Book of Daniel, then the first part of the song (before the above mentioned lyrics) deals with the Mad King, , who first creates a statue-idol made of 4 metals (which Daniel explains to have represented Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome - 4 kingdoms that will grow in power, starting with the Mad King's)which is crushed by a rock that turns into a huge mountain (signifying God's Kingdom).
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the 2 hours used thinking of this interpretation would have been better spent jerking it
the 2 hours used thinking of this interpretation would have been better spent jerking it
Actually, it took about 20 minutes, after someone mentioned the Book of David (after all, it's best to actually know what you're talking about, but researching something is pretty easing given the remarkable abundance of online information). But that's what happens when you're intelligent.
Actually, it took about 20 minutes, after someone mentioned the Book of David (after all, it's best to actually know what you're talking about, but researching something is pretty easing given the remarkable abundance of online information). But that's what happens when you're intelligent.
Now, instead of posting a comment that's completely inflammatory and an utterly wasteful space of memory, why not offer your own interpretation? I know it may be difficult for someone who decides upon 'LabiaLover' as an online handle, but it IS possible to have a truly productive and insightful conversation on the internet, rare as it may...
Now, instead of posting a comment that's completely inflammatory and an utterly wasteful space of memory, why not offer your own interpretation? I know it may be difficult for someone who decides upon 'LabiaLover' as an online handle, but it IS possible to have a truly productive and insightful conversation on the internet, rare as it may be.
Ah, my mistake. Should be 'The Book of Daniel'.
Ah, my mistake. Should be 'The Book of Daniel'.
I think this song is about Neo's dreams of Zion, and questioning if anyone is out there. This song is off of "The Matrix: Reloaded" soundtrack
Or you could generalize it to refer to God in general. But I think the Matrix scenario is more likely.
maybe because it was writte for the matrix.....hmmm
do you even know what zion is man?
Zion is another word for Heaven...
I'm a Christian, so I should know.
not necessarily, there are some stupid Christians out there FYI
not necessarily, there are some stupid Christians out there FYI