Dreamt
Dance of Liberation: Breaking Free from Love's Chains
Lyrics
I dreamt of leaving on the first night
I had a dream of leaving on the first night.
You said for better or for worse right
You previously promised to stay with me through good and bad.
Here, take the reigns over my life
You are invited to take control of my life.
Here take the reigns
Repeating the invitation for emphasis.
Set me free, Set me free, I keep on dancin'
Expressing a desire to be set free through dancing, acknowledging that the person is not good for the speaker.
You're no good, you're no-no good for me
-I keep on dancin'
-Down now, Break it down now
Dance-related instructions, possibly emphasizing the need to break free and let loose.
Move it down now, Watch your waistline
-Move your waistline, Rock your waistline
-Move your waistline, get loose, break buckle your knees
-Break, Break free, break fee, break buckle, buckle, buckle
-Turn it up, break big free, real free, big free,
-Break Big free, big free, big free
-I dance to forget about you (comin' for you)
Dancing serves as a means to forget about the person being addressed.
Make my ass move up in the club, tryna forget about you (comin' for you)
The speaker is actively trying to distract themselves by dancing in the club.
My diamond collar, diamond collar, diamond, diamond, diamond
Reference to a diamond collar and leash, symbolizing control or ownership.
My diamond collar and my, and my, and my, and my, and my leash
-It won't stop rainin', rainin' It won't stop pourin'
Metaphorical expression of challenges and secrets coming to light.
What's done in the dark eventually comes to light
-Eventually comes to light, Eventually comes
-I dance to forget about you (yee)
Reiteration of using dance as a way to forget about the person.
Make my ass move up in the club tryna forget about you (yee)
-On the first night, you said for better or for w-
Reflection on a relationship, memories of drunk nights, and the partner's reluctance to be without the speaker.
Drunk nights you callin' me, rose-tinted memories
-Swore up and down we had a good thing goin'
-Bold and brave, you haven't changed
-And you can't go one more night without me
-My diamond collar and my leash you tried to train me
Description of attempts to be controlled and drained by the person, questioning the purpose of such actions.
If I'm so feeble, I'm so weak, why did you drain me
-It won't stop rainin', rainin', it won't stop pourin'
Repetition of the idea that challenges and secrets will come to light.
What's done in the dark, eventually comes to light
-Better check up on your karma, cause she's comin' comin' for you
Warning about facing consequences and the need to address one's karma.
And you're gonna want her on your s-
-Dance to, dance to, dance to, dance to, dance to forget about you
Repetition of the theme of dancing to forget about the person.
Dance to, dance to, dance to, dance to, dance to
-Dance, dance, dance
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