Innocent When You Dream

Innocence Unveiled: Scarlett Johansson's Melancholic Dream
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Lyrics

The bats are in the belfry, the dew is on the moor

The bats are in the belfry, and there is dew on the moor.

Where are the arms that held me and pledged her love before

Where are the arms that held the speaker and pledged love previously?

And pledged her love before

Reiteration of the previous line, emphasizing the loss of pledged love.


It's such a sad old feeling

Expressing a melancholic emotion.

The hills are soft and green

The hills are soft and green, setting a serene backdrop.

It's memories that I'm stealing

The speaker is reminiscing and stealing memories.

But you're innocent when you dream, when you dream

Despite the sadness, one is innocent in dreams.

You're innocent when you dream, when you dream

Reiteration of innocence in dreams.

You're innocent when you dream

Emphasizing innocence in dreams.


I made a golden promise that we would never part

The speaker made a golden promise to never part, but it was broken.

I gave my love a locket and then I broke his heart

A locket was given as a symbol of love, but the speaker broke their lover's heart.

And then I broke his heart

Reiteration of breaking the lover's heart.


It's such a sad old feeling

Repeating the sad old feeling, creating a somber atmosphere.

The fields are soft and green

The fields are soft and green, maintaining the serene backdrop.

It's memories that I'm stealing

Continuation of stealing memories with a sense of regret.

But you're innocent when you dream, when you dream

Despite the sadness, innocence is preserved in dreams.

You're innocent when you dream, when you dream

Reiteration of innocence in dreams.

You're innocent when you dream

Emphasizing innocence in dreams.


Running through the graveyard, we laughed my friends and I

Recalling a time of laughter and camaraderie in a graveyard.

We swore we'd be together until the day we died

A pledge to be together with friends until death.

Until the day we died

Reiteration of the commitment until death.


It's such a sad old feeling

Repeating the sad old feeling, maintaining a consistent tone.

The fields are soft and green

Fields remain soft and green, reinforcing the serene setting.

It's memories that I'm stealing

Continued theme of stealing memories with a sense of sadness.

But you're innocent when you dream, when you dream

Despite the theft of memories, innocence is preserved in dreams.

You're innocent when you dream, when you dream

Reiteration of innocence in dreams.

You're innocent when you dream

Emphasizing innocence in dreams.

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