Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Don't know where things went wrong
Might have been when you were young and strong
Don't know where things went wrong
Might have been when you were young and strong
Love brought joy and life brought pain
The emptiness of money and a name
After that, things got a little rough
In the American dream
American dream, American dream
American dream, American dream
I used to see you on every TV
Your smiling face looked back at me
American dream, American dream
I used to see you on every TV
Your smiling face looked down on me
American dream, American dream
Then they caught you with the girl next door
People's money piled on the floor
Accusations that you try to deny
Revelations and rumors begin to fly
American dream, American dream
American dream, American dream
American dream, American dream
American dream, American dream
You wake up in the middle of the night
Your sheets are wet and your face is white
You tried to make a good thing last
How did something so good go bad so fast?
American dream, American dream
American dream, American dream
Now you think about reaching out
Maybe get some help from above
American dream, American dream
Now you think about reaching out
Maybe get some help from above
American dream, American dream
Reporters crowd around your house
Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds
Speculating what they may find out
It don't matter now, you're all washed up
American dream, American dream (all washed up)
American dream, American dream
Don't know where things went wrong
Might have been when we were young and strong
American dream, American dream
Don't know where things went wrong
Might have been when we were young and strong
American dream, American dream
Don't know where things went wrong
Might have been when we were young and strong
American dream, American dream
Don't know where things went wrong
Might have been when we were young and strong
American dream, American dream
Might have been when you were young and strong
Don't know where things went wrong
Might have been when you were young and strong
Love brought joy and life brought pain
The emptiness of money and a name
After that, things got a little rough
In the American dream
American dream, American dream
American dream, American dream
I used to see you on every TV
Your smiling face looked back at me
American dream, American dream
I used to see you on every TV
Your smiling face looked down on me
American dream, American dream
Then they caught you with the girl next door
People's money piled on the floor
Accusations that you try to deny
Revelations and rumors begin to fly
American dream, American dream
American dream, American dream
American dream, American dream
American dream, American dream
You wake up in the middle of the night
Your sheets are wet and your face is white
You tried to make a good thing last
How did something so good go bad so fast?
American dream, American dream
American dream, American dream
Now you think about reaching out
Maybe get some help from above
American dream, American dream
Now you think about reaching out
Maybe get some help from above
American dream, American dream
Reporters crowd around your house
Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds
Speculating what they may find out
It don't matter now, you're all washed up
American dream, American dream (all washed up)
American dream, American dream
Don't know where things went wrong
Might have been when we were young and strong
American dream, American dream
Don't know where things went wrong
Might have been when we were young and strong
American dream, American dream
Don't know where things went wrong
Might have been when we were young and strong
American dream, American dream
Don't know where things went wrong
Might have been when we were young and strong
American dream, American dream
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American Dream [Summer Songs Version] Lyrics as written by Neil Young
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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