Lyrics
Dreamer, oh dreamer
The song addresses someone as a dreamer, possibly lost in thoughts or aspirations.
What's keeping you awake, what do you fear?
Asking what is causing the dreamer to stay awake and what they are afraid of.
Eyes wide, staring at the ceiling
Describing the dreamer's state with wide-open eyes, looking upwards.
These spiders on the wall can sense your feeling
Suggesting that external elements (spiders on the wall) can sense the dreamer's emotions.
Restless, insects inside your skin
Expressing an inner restlessness, feeling like there are insects moving within the dreamer's body.
Crawling through your flesh, they're trying to burrow in
Describing a sensation of discomfort as if something is trying to penetrate or invade the dreamer.
Scratching, it's never ending
Continuing the feeling of discomfort and agitation, emphasizing it as never-ending.
If I could I'd grab a knife and I would carve them free
Expressing a strong desire to alleviate the discomfort, even through drastic measures.
I'm gasping for air
Feeling suffocated or in need of more air to breathe.
To fill my lungs and I can't
Desiring to fill the lungs with air but feeling unable to do so.
Take it anymore
Expressing a sense of reaching a breaking point, unable to endure any longer.
I can't take it anymore
Reiterating the inability to endure the current situation any further.
Restless, cause I've been here before
Feeling restless due to experiencing similar situations before.
A terrifying feeling
Describing a feeling of intense fear or dread.
Deep inside my core
Expressing that the fear or discomfort is deeply rooted within the dreamer.
Heart racing
Describing a fast-beating heart, likely due to anxiety or fear.
No signs of slowing down
Indicating that the heart's pace isn't slowing down, possibly due to stress or fear.
Now I only wish the room would stop
Expressing a wish for the overwhelming situation to stop or cease.
Spinning around
Feeling dizzy or disoriented, wanting the room to stop spinning.
I'm gasping for air
Similar to line 9, feeling suffocated or in need of more air to breathe.
To fill my lungs and I can't
Reiterating the desire to fill the lungs with air but feeling unable to do so.
Take it anymore
Similar to lines 11 and 12, expressing a sense of reaching a breaking point, unable to endure any longer.
I can't take it anymore
Reiterating the inability to endure the current situation any further.
And this anxiety
Highlighting the presence of anxiety within the individual.
It's what's inside of me
Suggesting that anxiety is an integral part of the dreamer's identity or inner self.
Take this strong young man
Expressing a feeling of surrendering or abandoning the strong persona projected to others.
That you see in me and
Suggesting a rejection or discarding of the facade of strength.
Throw it all away
Continuing the idea of discarding the projected image of strength.
Just throw it all away
Emphasizing the decision to discard everything projected as strong or positive.
Because it couldn't be me
Doubting that the dreamer is the person others expect them to be.
That you've been waiting on
Feeling incapable of fulfilling others' expectations to solve problems or find direction.
To go and figure it out
Expressing a struggle to figure out solutions or find a way forward.
And be the one that's strong
Rejecting the idea of being the resilient and problem-solving figure expected by others.
That's not who I am
Denying the capability to become a better version of oneself.
I can't be a better man
Expressing regret for the inability to improve or change.
I'm sorry
Apologizing for not being true to oneself or not meeting personal expectations.
It's not like me
Expressing a deviation from one's usual behavior or character.
I swear I haven't always been this way
Swearing that the current state is not representative of the usual self.
I'm just trying to find where it all went wrong
Expressing a search for the origin of the current struggles or discomfort.
I'm still waiting on the day
Waiting for a future time when things might improve or change.
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