Van Halen – The Dream Is Over

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Psst, hey, come on man, wake up.
Oh, yeah, yeah!
I see the power,
Changin' hands
Risin' from the streets
A self made businessman,
Knows how the system can be beat.
Oh, we're the lost generation,
Have no place to go,
The road to destruction,
Is all we need to know,
Cause it's a rip off,
We're stripped, drawn, and cheated,
We're flat stone cold lied to
But we're not defeated, nooo, sir
Easy money,
It's your way out,
Join the Family
No middleman,
No I.R.S.
Your ticket out of poverty
Oh, we're the lost generation,
I hold fate from a string
Lookin' for direction
Reachin' out for anything, so
Dream another dream
This dream is over, (oooh oooh oh)
Dream another dream
This dream is over, (dream another dream)
Dream another dream
This dream is over, (oooh) over yeah, (dream another dream)
So dream another dream
(Solo)
Ah,
Yeow!!!!
Oh, it's a rip off,
We're stepped on an' cheated,
Flat stone cold lied to,
We're not defeated, noooo,
Dream another dream, this dream is over, (oooh oooh oh)
Dream another dream, this dream is over, (dream another dream)
Dream another dream, this dream is over, (oooh oooh oh) oh
Dream another dream, this dream is over, over yeah, (dream another dream)
Dream another dream, (ooh ooh ooh)
Dream another dream, (dream another dream, oooh ooh ooh)
Dream another dream, oh, this dream's all over (dream another dream)
Dream another dream, (dream another dream)
Dream another dream...

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"The Dream Is Over" as written by Edward/van Halen Van Halen

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    General Comment:i think its pretty obvious. The song is about a generation who was always told that all they need to do is work hard and they will succeed, but in a world where employment is often very hard to come by (especially for teens), easy money is the only option.
    Easy money,
    A way out,
    Join the family.
    No middle man
    No IRS

    ^ obviously talking about gang life.

    The dream is just that life will go smoothly and you just need to be good to succeed
    Flag dmstewarton December 31, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Sounds to me like someone who has nothing trying to hustle their way out of their situation. Down & out, so the question is: do you go by the system and slowly scrape together a living, or make some $$ much more quickly, but illegally. Either way, the odds are against you in the long run. This dream is over.

    Could be wrong.. that's how I read it.
    Flag whatever51on January 07, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:No. This is a song about the end of the decadance of the 1980s and the economic downfall of 1990/1991, thus the phrases "we're stepped on and cheated" and "we're flat stonecold lied to." But the song is also talking about how a "self-made business man knows how the system can be beat," perhaps an allusion to self-made millionaires like Bill Gates. One of Van Halen's best songs with Sammy Hagar, showing the wild guitar playing prevalent in earlier songs such as Unchained, albeit with a newer sound, not the "brown sound."
    Flag doubledragonon June 14, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:About the selling out of the Baby Bookm generation.
    Flag Smokleron July 20, 2006   Link

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