Anesthetic Parade
Dreams Unveiled: A Surreal Escape from Reality
Lyrics
Sleeping his only escape from it all
Sleeping provides the only escape from life's challenges and difficulties.
When he's dreaming, he gets a chance to escape from the world and leave it behind
During dreams, there's an opportunity to temporarily leave the troubles of the world behind.
He doesn't know what is real, but he knows he'd rather not deal.
Uncertainty about reality exists, but the person prefers avoiding the challenges associated with it.
He doesn't know what is real,
Reiteration of the uncertainty about what is real.
But he knows he'd rather not deal
Reaffirmation that dealing with reality is undesirable.
He doesn't want to wake up to the world
The individual prefers not to face the world upon waking up.
Running she wants to run across the grass
Expresses a desire to run freely, but physical limitations confine the person to a hospital bed.
Instead she's lying on a hospital bed, hooked up to gas and tubes and lights
Describes the person lying in a hospital bed, connected to medical equipment.
She doesn't even know she's alive
The person is unaware of their own existence.
Except her mother's praying by her beside
Only awareness comes from the mother's presence and prayers.
The coma has her locked into a hole
Being in a coma is likened to being trapped in a hole.
She doesn't even know what is real
Similar to earlier lines, the person is unaware of reality except for external influence.
Except what they tell her to feel
The person's feelings are dictated by external sources.
What are you looking at?
Rhetorical question questioning the observer's perspective.
Sometimes the things behind us help remind us of that
Suggests that past experiences contribute to present awareness.
No they never told us
Expresses a lack of information or disclosure about certain aspects of life.
Somewhere between the conscious and the sublime
Highlights the space between consciousness and the extraordinary.
Familiar faces meet for a moment displaced in time
Describes a brief encounter of familiar faces existing outside the regular flow of time.
When one of them talks he says he wants to give up,
One person expresses a desire to give up due to the loss of a daughter.
Cause his daughter has been taken across
Clarifies the reason for the person's distress, a daughter being taken away.
He doesn't think he can make it on his own
The person doubts their ability to cope alone without the daughter.
When the other face tries to respond she sees the face is already gone
Another person's attempt to respond is futile, as the distressed face is already gone.
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