First off I believe that the over all background of the song is about things we dream of in dreams rather weird, fantasy,or fairytale. In this song she took the fairytale approach ,and added somewhat of a mystery (but lots of this is self explanatory).Let's look at the following :
Spare a little candle
Save some light for me
( They are in mid evil times ,because there using candles)
Figures up ahead
moving in the trees
( In dreams commonly there are things that chase us, also she could be setting a feel for the song,place,and time she's in).
White skin in linen
perfume on my wrist
(Also this is what she was dressed in.She could be playing the part of a princess in her dream that needs to be saved by a prince who she can only kinda see in her dreams,and there are shadows ,and things keeping her from being free).
And the full moon that hangs over
These dreams in the mist
Darkness on the edge
Shadows where I stand
( She's telling a story here,and setting the foundation )
I search for the time
on a watch with no hands
( This could mean that she's looking for more time, that she can't never seem to find ,since she's dreaming there could be lots of delusion )
I want to see you clearly
Come closer than this
But all that I remember
Are the dreams in the mist
( Self explanatory) - See can't see him as he is ,until the 2nd verse where she finally tell us he's a prince.
These dreams go on when I close my eyes
Every second of the night, I live another life
These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside
Every moment I'm awake, the further I'm away
( So those are the dreams she dream every nite,it's as if she lives another life. Every moment she's awake in the real world the further away from her other dream life she is.)
Is it cloak and dagger, could it be spring or fall
I walk without a cut through a stained glass wall
( In a dream it is what you make it,you can change the weather or walk through things without getting hurt. )
weaker in my eyesight, the candle in my grip
And words that have no form
Are falling from my lips
( She could be so scared ,it's dark she has a candle .She may not know what to speak,so she's stumbling over her words )
These dreams go on when I close my eyes
Every second of the night, I live another life
These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside
Every moment I'm awake, the further I'm away ( REpeat)
There's something out there
I can't resist
I need to hide away from the pain
There's something out there
I can't resist
( She knows there's something out there,someone out there,she can't see it,and she's scared of it so she feels the need to run from it. She can't resist.)
The sweetest song is silence that I've ever heard
( Out of all the songs she's ever heard silence is the best.)
It's funny how your feet in dreams never touch the earth
(Of course your feet never touch the earth,because your dreaming. )
In a wood full of princes freedom is a kiss
But the prince hides his face from dreams in the mist
( This is were she finally tells us that it is a prince,and that his kiss is like freedom, and that he is the one in the first verse who was hiding his face,That she couldn't see in the mist.)
These dreams go on when I close my eyes
Every second of the night, I live another life
These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside
Every moment I'm awake, the further I'm away (repeat)
These dreams go on when I close my eyes
Every second of the night, I live another life
These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside
Every moment I'm awake, the further I'm away (repeat)
And that's my interpretation it's a great story,mixed with great emotion,and thought. Great thing about this song is you can interpreted,and conform it into your on thought,and imagination.
First off I believe that the over all background of the song is about things we dream of in dreams rather weird, fantasy,or fairytale. In this song she took the fairytale approach ,and added somewhat of a mystery (but lots of this is self explanatory).Let's look at the following :
Spare a little candle Save some light for me
( They are in mid evil times ,because there using candles)
Figures up ahead moving in the trees
( In dreams commonly there are things that chase us, also she could be setting a feel for the song,place,and time she's in).
White skin in linen perfume on my wrist
(Also this is what she was dressed in.She could be playing the part of a princess in her dream that needs to be saved by a prince who she can only kinda see in her dreams,and there are shadows ,and things keeping her from being free).
And the full moon that hangs over These dreams in the mist Darkness on the edge Shadows where I stand
( She's telling a story here,and setting the foundation )
I search for the time on a watch with no hands
( This could mean that she's looking for more time, that she can't never seem to find ,since she's dreaming there could be lots of delusion )
I want to see you clearly Come closer than this But all that I remember Are the dreams in the mist
( Self explanatory) - See can't see him as he is ,until the 2nd verse where she finally tell us he's a prince.
These dreams go on when I close my eyes Every second of the night, I live another life These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside Every moment I'm awake, the further I'm away
( So those are the dreams she dream every nite,it's as if she lives another life. Every moment she's awake in the real world the further away from her other dream life she is.)
Is it cloak and dagger, could it be spring or fall I walk without a cut through a stained glass wall
( In a dream it is what you make it,you can change the weather or walk through things without getting hurt. )
weaker in my eyesight, the candle in my grip And words that have no form Are falling from my lips
( She could be so scared ,it's dark she has a candle .She may not know what to speak,so she's stumbling over her words )
These dreams go on when I close my eyes Every second of the night, I live another life These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside Every moment I'm awake, the further I'm away ( REpeat)
There's something out there I can't resist I need to hide away from the pain There's something out there I can't resist
( She knows there's something out there,someone out there,she can't see it,and she's scared of it so she feels the need to run from it. She can't resist.)
The sweetest song is silence that I've ever heard
( Out of all the songs she's ever heard silence is the best.)
It's funny how your feet in dreams never touch the earth
(Of course your feet never touch the earth,because your dreaming. )
In a wood full of princes freedom is a kiss But the prince hides his face from dreams in the mist
( This is were she finally tells us that it is a prince,and that his kiss is like freedom, and that he is the one in the first verse who was hiding his face,That she couldn't see in the mist.)
These dreams go on when I close my eyes Every second of the night, I live another life These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside Every moment I'm awake, the further I'm away (repeat)
These dreams go on when I close my eyes Every second of the night, I live another life These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside Every moment I'm awake, the further I'm away (repeat)
And that's my interpretation it's a great story,mixed with great emotion,and thought. Great thing about this song is you can interpreted,and conform it into your on thought,and imagination.
<3 - R.W. Rain Pebble