Only in Dreams Lyrics

Lyric discussion by mkelly87 

Cover art for Only in Dreams lyrics by Weezer

any thing I write about this song relates to my own experience- that's why I feel I can tell the meaning

I believe this song is about a man and a woman (prob in their teens or early 20's), the man is singing this song so it's from his point of view. He is obsessed with this girl, so much so that she is as important as the air that he breathes. It is a loving obsession, she literally is as important to his life as oxygen. However, he can't have her. He can't have her. So it seems that the only place they can be together is in a fantasy, or dream. But no matter what he loves her more than anybody. The love becomse's painful and the only way to heal the pain is to be together. But it doesn't ever work, so they can be together in dreams. The pain is always there but you get more distracted from it over time.

Sir you have to be spot on. No matter how I feel or how she feels, it won't be the same. I give everything for her I do anything. It doesn't mean I'm changing who I am or that I want her to change who she is, i just know we'll never be together...except in dreams.