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Cheatin' In Your Dreams Lyrics
You see me now as large as life
But underneath you knew all too well
The hollow shell no spark of life
Where once upon a time there beat a heart for you
And you knew it from the start
But you went and blew it all away
And you knew how, yeah you knew best
The strings to pull and the buttons to press
To wind me up and make me shake
You controlling every move I make
I couldn't see through it
All the pain
And you put me through it
Over and over again
Over and over ...
How could you say there was no other
Why is it nothing's what it seems
You told me I'm your greatest lover
Do you even know what that word means
You lovin' is coolin'
Baby who d'ya think you're foolin'
Cuz when I woke up
I caught you cheatin' in your dreams
Stop it, stop it
Don't you say a word
I felt my hands around her neck
And everything went blurred
Broken, broken
She slipped from out my hands
She lay so still and lifeless
I cried baby, baby, baby ...
How could you say there was no other
Why is it nothing's what it seems
You told me I'm your greatest lover
Do you even know what that word means
Your lovin' is coolin'
Baby who d'ya hink you're foolin'
Cuz when I woke up
I caught you cheatin' in your dreams
Cheatin', cheatin'
Cheatin' in your dreams
It was my dumb luck
I just came unstuck
When my whole world shook
I'd had about enough
Cuz when I woke up
I caught you cheatin' in your dreams
But underneath you knew all too well
The hollow shell no spark of life
Where once upon a time there beat a heart for you
And you knew it from the start
But you went and blew it all away
The strings to pull and the buttons to press
To wind me up and make me shake
You controlling every move I make
I couldn't see through it
All the pain
And you put me through it
Over and over again
Over and over ...
Why is it nothing's what it seems
You told me I'm your greatest lover
Do you even know what that word means
You lovin' is coolin'
Baby who d'ya think you're foolin'
Cuz when I woke up
I caught you cheatin' in your dreams
Don't you say a word
I felt my hands around her neck
And everything went blurred
Broken, broken
She slipped from out my hands
She lay so still and lifeless
I cried baby, baby, baby ...
Why is it nothing's what it seems
You told me I'm your greatest lover
Do you even know what that word means
Your lovin' is coolin'
Cuz when I woke up
I caught you cheatin' in your dreams
Cheatin', cheatin'
Cheatin' in your dreams
It was my dumb luck
I just came unstuck
When my whole world shook
I'd had about enough
Cuz when I woke up
I caught you cheatin' in your dreams
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I'm not sure what the meaning of the song but here is my opinion. It starts with a man who loves a woman (there beat a heart for you). She had a certain power over him (you controlling every move I made) and she abused that power (all the pain and you put me through it). She breaks his heart by cheating on him whether it is actually physically sleeping with someone else or just fantasizing about another or both. The lines “you told me I’m your greatest lover, do you even know what that word means” and “you lovin’ is coolin’” makes me think she took the relationship less seriously than him. I think she said the name of her other lover, whether it be in her sleep or during an intimate moment (Stop it! Don’t you say a word). Out of anger he strangles her (I feel my hands around her neck) and now he has lost her (she slipped from out my hands). The line “Say lay so still and lifeless” makes me believe he killed her.