Dreamworld
Dreamworld Echoes: Love, Sacrifice, and Illusions in Rilo Kiley's Melodic Tale
Lyrics
She was the girl with a string around her neck,
Introduction of a girl with a symbolic string around her neck, possibly representing a constraint or attachment.
Came with the boy who could only give her less,
The girl is with a boy who can only offer her less, indicating a relationship with limited fulfillment.
It could be more if she learned to never expecting
Suggests that the girl could have more if she learns not to expect too much.
Now if she it's her and him and then a baby next.
Describes the current situation where it's the girl, the boy, and soon a baby, despite the lack of ideal conditions.
The wedding bells won't ring but she could care less
Even without traditional wedding bells, the girl is indifferent or unconcerned.
How you exist.
An ambiguous line that may express detachment or indifference.
When you're living in a dreamworld,
Repetition emphasizing living in a dreamworld, possibly suggesting a sense of denial or escape from reality.
You're living in a dreamworld,
-You're living in a dreamworld,
-You're living in a dreamworld.
-He grew up drinking milk from the cow from the farm,
Introduction of a boy who grew up with a connection to nature and farming.
And was the traitor's fathers, fathers, fathers, his father made him
References a lineage of traitors but implies the boy's father instilled a sense of duty to the country.
Grow up giving back to his country.
Describes the boy giving back to his country, sacrificing for a cause.
He gave his both knees he's overseas to fight the disease.
The boy serves overseas, facing a spreading disease, suggesting the harsh realities of life.
It's spreading fast over maps and it don't look back.
-When you're living in a dreamworld,
Repetition of living in a dreamworld, possibly contrasting the boy's reality with the dreamlike state.
You're living in a dreamworld,
-You're living in a dreamworld,
-You're living in a dreamworld.
-It is the light on science fiction reads just like a
Reference to science fiction and the impact of greed and jealousy, turning into a desperate need for money.
Shoddy disease zero one three times the size of the people that came before me and you and what we'd do for money this greed and jealousy turn to need.
-See, I'm a man with a plan to use my hands, touch your nose, you're the girl who wanted more. Now afraid the story of free from love to a lie.
The narrator, a man with a plan, describes a girl wanting more but turning the story from love to lies.
The clover under your feet is shooting stars in the night.
Imagery of a clover, shooting stars, and people under one's feet, possibly conveying a mix of luck, beauty, and the unnoticed.
The people under your feet are shooting stars in the night.
-The people, all that you meet.
-They're living in a dreamworld.
Repetition of living in a dreamworld, reinforcing the theme of escaping from reality.
You're livin in a dreamworld
-You're livin in a dreamworld
-You're livin in a dreamworld
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