Lyric discussion by joculargirl 

Cover art for She Mannequin lyrics by All-American Rejects, The

K, even though I don't actually know what the writer had in mind when he wrote this, I'd say I like to think of it the same way as calebofroy does. :)

Perfect girl - visit me in my dreams [A girl he loves dreaming about.] Run away with me tonight [At night when he's asleep is when he can be with her.] This lasts forever although it seems That you're not real to me I don't care [He loves the feeling even though she apparently doesn't exist in waking reality, but he wants her anyway.]

Crystal clear - I see your face [As he's dreaming about her, he sees her so vividly.] And I know you see me too [Feels like when she's looking at him that there is a real girl looking back at him and not some figment of his imagination.] You look at me My heart is race ["is race" sounds a weird way to put it, but I can't say what other words fit here. Anyway, obviously means he's got a fast heartbeat for her.] Not even real yet I fall for you [Again, he thinks she's gotta be nonexistent, but he's head over heels for her.]

The lights are off when we're alone [When the lights are off, it's night when he's asleep and dreaming, and he can he be with her.]
(Wish we were talking on the phone) [Wishes in real life he could talk to her on the phone and hear her voice and know she's real.]
I am still asleep kicking in my sheets
For you [Gets him so agitated that she's not real, but he wants her so bad.]

K, I'm not going to analyze the whole song since it seems mostly self-explanatory. Anyway, I'd interpret the line "Please turn the lights on" as either he wants to go back to reality so he'll stop dreaming about a girl that's not real, or again, that he wishes in reality she existed.

My Interpretation