I Started a Joke (Bee Gees cover) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sballchick2 

Cover art for I Started a Joke (Bee Gees cover) lyrics by Wallflowers, The

yea i have never heard the original either but this is beautiful and sad at the same time

I never heard the other versions of this song, but to me the song is about someone who was living in a dream or was in a period of happiness that was perfect; but only to them. Then they began to realize just how "not perfect" the dream was and was very upset and regretful of the truth.

Whether the dream's falsity came from the person themself or another is left up to the listener. Though to me, it seems a bit of both but they may have built the dream up without realizing they were doing it.