Dream Scream

She didn't ruin his life. Is it her fault that she didn't feel the same way about him? They were friends in school, and she just didn't think of him that way. But in a way, all this time she's kind of been like an absent muse for him, since every love song he's ever written is about her.

super sad song i dont think this one is about Laurie, but about the other girl Kathie, that was in that band Glass Eye. She and Daneil were sort of a couple one summer and then she dumped him cause he was starting to get really ill. he gave her his demo and she listened to it and invited him to open for Glass Eye

i took it wrong you like my song

and then she says she spend the entire summer reminding him that the were not a couple anymore

and on the phone you said you never knew me at all

thought there was love what a fool i was

In my opinion, this is a beautiful, heart wrenching song. I first heard it by Death Cab, then went back and downloaded more from Daniel Johnston...

This song is about someone who was in love. The relationship has ended. They continue to have dreams about their past love.

When I listen to this song, my eyes are usually wide open throughout the whole thing. The lyrics are so beautiufl, and I can imagine listening to it when I'm really sad, or when I end my relationship. It's like ecstasy. It puts me in a state where I forget where I am, and I dont' live in the normal world anymore.

heart wrenching is right. I dream about my ex boyfriend all the time and yeah i'd like to scream about it. great song.

this song is amazing. all daniel wanted in life was love. he thought he had found it. but she didnt love him. did u kno hes living with his parents now. this girl ruined his life. im afriad that one day ill be exactly like daniel, losing the only thing u wanted in life.[love]

this song made me realize how mean we really are... i think at the end he kills himself... "im having dreams about you" x5 its kinda like how when we die its like we're just sleeping.

I really love Daniel's original and the Death Cab cover of this song. They bring two totally different feels to it.

Daniel's original sounds very desperate to me. He breathes heavy like he's on the verge of tears. He sounds very forlorn and alone. It's so sad and it makes you feel for him.

Musically I think it's pretty wistful in a awy. The guitar is twangy and dreamy. The piano is a bit stilted which characteristic of Daniel now. Overall it has a very lazy (not bad lazy) and dreamy quality to it.

The Death Cab For Cutie version is great too. I usually don't like Ben Gibbard's voice but I think it meshes well with Daniel's lyrics. The piano is so steady it's hauntingand I love love love the drums in the DCFC version. The cymbal crashes and offbeat drum rolls are sooo good. The bass part is very powerful at the right times and the strange noise effects they put in take it to a whole other level. Overall, they took a great song and made a wonderfully haunting and beautiful interpretation.

Laurie is the reason for much of his art. as he says in the Devil and Daniel Johnston..."She inspired a thousand songs, and then i knew i was an artist". in a sense, his relationship with her was a good thing.

does anybody know what hyper-jinx could mean? I know it is a name of one of his later bands, "Hyperjinx Tricycle". One of those band members said on their myspace account that it might have to do with the time-space continuum, but i think he might have been kidding. Any ideas?

Laurie is the reason for much of his art. as he says in the Devil and Daniel Johnston..."She inspired a thousand songs, and then i knew i was an artist". in a sense, his relationship with her was a good thing.

does anybody know what hyper-jinx could mean? I know it is a name of one of his later bands, "Hyperjinx Tricycle". One of those band members said on their myspace account that it might have to do with the time-space continuum, but i think he might have been kidding. Any ideas?

I cried when I listened to it for the first time and it doesn't happen to me very often. It's hard to ignore this song. Daniel singing it with a breaking voice makes it so powerful, so true... DCFC version is great too, especially the drums, but it does not sound so desperate I think.