I couldn't really connect with it before, but now after having experienced some things, I think it fits perfectly within my life and I can understand the lyrics so much better now. To me, it's about moving on from a failed relationship.
From the first verse, it's fairly clear that there's a man, and he's in pain and mourning about something, likely after just ending a relationship with someone he loved very much. I think the "dream" throughout the song is referring to his "desire and fear" to move forward and get on with his life, but shadows are covering his dream and stopping him from doing that.
But he finds a new girl, someone fresh, new and better, and she helps him by, hence the song title, "lifting shadows off a dream". It's also really well described with the line "she listens openly". I love that.
But, I think the best lyrics in this song are "she can turn a drop of water into an ocean". I love what that creates, that she's taking whatever sort of attraction he has to her (and so scared and fragile because he's still in pain) and turning it into something bigger and better by listening and giving him reassurance that she will be better.
Such a beautiful song.
I couldn't really connect with it before, but now after having experienced some things, I think it fits perfectly within my life and I can understand the lyrics so much better now. To me, it's about moving on from a failed relationship.
From the first verse, it's fairly clear that there's a man, and he's in pain and mourning about something, likely after just ending a relationship with someone he loved very much. I think the "dream" throughout the song is referring to his "desire and fear" to move forward and get on with his life, but shadows are covering his dream and stopping him from doing that.
But he finds a new girl, someone fresh, new and better, and she helps him by, hence the song title, "lifting shadows off a dream". It's also really well described with the line "she listens openly". I love that.
But, I think the best lyrics in this song are "she can turn a drop of water into an ocean". I love what that creates, that she's taking whatever sort of attraction he has to her (and so scared and fragile because he's still in pain) and turning it into something bigger and better by listening and giving him reassurance that she will be better.
It's such an uplifting song!