"We live as we dream -- alone." is a line from Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness."
Marlow is attempting to relate his experience in Africa to his shipmates, but remarks that he might as well be recalling a dream, because they'll never be quite able to understand how he felt at that particular time. His own experiences were as uncommunicable as what a dream means to the individual who had it. Hence, "We live as we dream, alone."
Who would have thought it'd sound so great sung by Gang of Four?
"We live as we dream -- alone." is a line from Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness."
Marlow is attempting to relate his experience in Africa to his shipmates, but remarks that he might as well be recalling a dream, because they'll never be quite able to understand how he felt at that particular time. His own experiences were as uncommunicable as what a dream means to the individual who had it. Hence, "We live as we dream, alone."
Who would have thought it'd sound so great sung by Gang of Four?