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How can I pretend that I don't see
What you hide so carelessly?
I saw her bleed
You heard me breathe
And I froze inside myself and turned away
I must be dreaming
We all live (and..)
We all die (but..)
That does not begin to justify you
It's not what it seems
Not what you think
No, I must be dreaming
It's only in my mind
Not the real life
No, I must be dreaming
Help! You know I've got to tell someone
Tell them what I know you've done (you've done)
I fear you
But spoken fears can come true
We all live (and..)
We all die (but..)
That does not begin to justify you
It's not what it seems
(not what it seems)
Not what you think
(not what you think)
No, I must be dreaming
(I must be dreaming)
It's only in my mind
(just in my mind)
Not the real life
(not real life)
No, I must be dreaming
(I must be dreaming)
We all live (and..)
We all die (but..)
That does not begin to justify you
It's not what it seems
(not what it seems)
Not what you think
(not what you think)
No, I must be dreaming
(I must be dreaming)
It's only in my mind
(just in my mind)
Not the real life
(not real life)
No, I must be dreaming
(I must be dreaming)
Not what it seems
Not what you think
I must be dreaming
Just in my mind
Not real life
I must be dreaming
What you hide so carelessly?
I saw her bleed
You heard me breathe
And I froze inside myself and turned away
I must be dreaming
We all die (but..)
That does not begin to justify you
Not what you think
No, I must be dreaming
It's only in my mind
Not the real life
No, I must be dreaming
Tell them what I know you've done (you've done)
I fear you
But spoken fears can come true
We all die (but..)
That does not begin to justify you
(not what it seems)
Not what you think
(not what you think)
No, I must be dreaming
(I must be dreaming)
It's only in my mind
(just in my mind)
Not the real life
(not real life)
No, I must be dreaming
(I must be dreaming)
We all die (but..)
That does not begin to justify you
(not what it seems)
Not what you think
(not what you think)
No, I must be dreaming
(I must be dreaming)
It's only in my mind
(just in my mind)
Not the real life
(not real life)
No, I must be dreaming
(I must be dreaming)
Not what you think
I must be dreaming
Just in my mind
Not real life
I must be dreaming
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Ah, no, I know about the lawsuit. That has little to do with Moody though, and little to do with this song. MTV is known to harbor a lot of overgeneralized statements and unfounded conclusions. In the entire 40 page lawsuit, it didn't define abusive as anything more than verbal. So, yes, I'll remain skeptical.
When I heard this, I thought it was about Amy walking into a room and seeing a poor girl be tortured. The villain (or whoever is doing the torturing) has his/her back to Amy and doesn't see her walk in. When she sees the horrible things that have already been done to the victim, Amy let's out a small gasp (a loud inhale) and then hides behind the corner from which she came. The murderer turns and sees no one and kills the victim. Now shee must live everyday with what she saw and can't tell anyone; not for fear of death, but fear of what he'll do before he kills her. So she tells her self it was a dream to soothe her burning guilt.
I may have an overactive imagination...
I think the song is possibly about seeing someone being abused, but being afraid to tell, yet knowing you have to anyway. At any rate, it's about knowing a secret you're afraid to tell, but you must. Bleed's the correct title-I Must Be Dreaming became a nickname later.
I agree with AliceUnbelonging. I think the song implys that she has seen someone being abused by someone she loves. This would explain the 'I must be dreaming' phrase. Then the chorus, 'It's not what it seems, not what you think, I must be dreaming' seems to be going through the thought process of someone who is trying to tell themselves that what they have seen did not happen and that it is simply in their mind. Furthermore, I think the line, 'We all live, we all die, that does not begin to justify you' possibly implies that someone here has...
I agree with AliceUnbelonging. I think the song implys that she has seen someone being abused by someone she loves. This would explain the 'I must be dreaming' phrase. Then the chorus, 'It's not what it seems, not what you think, I must be dreaming' seems to be going through the thought process of someone who is trying to tell themselves that what they have seen did not happen and that it is simply in their mind. Furthermore, I think the line, 'We all live, we all die, that does not begin to justify you' possibly implies that someone here has lost their life, and that she has indeed witnessed a murder. Also, it could be that she has dreamed of someone being killed and believes it is a premonition. This is shown through the line, 'I fear you but spoken fears can come true' as if to say, 'If I tell someone what I've seen in my dreams, it could come true and I could be killed'.
this should be titled Bleed (I Must Be Dreaming), not just bleed
the lyrics sound like a murderer was caught
Just thought i'd bring a up an importent fact about evenescence's albums. Amy wrote the song's for them after comeing out of a long lasting abusive relationship, in one interview (if i remember right) she said she was beaten and raped quite often by the guy she was with, but then she started to get stokeholm syndrome that most abused women get, and thought she loved him untill one day she finaly "came to her senses" so to speak, and ended up leaveing him.
She said that most of the songs on "Fallen" are influenced by that event, though i imagine alot of the songs from "Origin" were aswell.
Lycao, I don't know what interview you would be talking about, I have NEVER heard her confess to being treated that badly. Mistreated and abused yes, but not raped and not necessarily beaten. I've seen a lot of interviews and researched the band pretty thoroughly, so if you can back up that statement, please do. I'm intrigued to know your sources.
Actually, Bleed isn't the correct title either. This song was never officially dubbed anything. Both of those are nicknames, though Bleed does seem to have taken a preference.
Sure i'd be glad to show you an interview http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1517717/20051208/story.jhtml , actualy this one specificly is about the law suit amy filed two months ago against her manager for useing her credit card to buy stuff for his misteress who he was haveing an effair with and for sexual harasment amoung other things, it also mentions that her and ben moody were in a "abbusive relationship", sorta gives the whole him leaveing thing a whole new light. Can't remember where it was i saw her mention she was raped, i think it was on some old interview on much music.
Yes, Amy was in an emotionally and physically abusive realationship, and it was with someone who used to be in the band. cough Ben! cough But, yes, that's what this song is about...
Wait...someone explain to me what this song has to do with Ben and Amy's relationship?? Anyway, i LOVE this song!! One of my faves!
Is it REALLY what she wrote it about...it doesnt seem to fit somehow...