Far past these roads there is a place
Where all of our precious dreams remain
Someday I know I’ll find a way
To keep myself from holding on
Stay awake with the sound of my voice
I'm restless from the silence in the air
I want to be somewhere I can see the roads
A place where every time you breathe a wish comes true
I want to be where love is real
And memories of distant days come to life again
Inside this room, time will stand still
As long as I'm not aware of changes
The world outside leaves me behind by myself
It shows no mercy for those who hold on

Still awake with the sound of my voice
I’m restless for the silence in the air
I want to be somewhere I can see the roads
A place where every time you breathe a wish comes true
I want to be where love is real
And memories of distant days come to life again

Far past these roads there is a place
Where all of our precious dreams remain
Someday I know
I’ll find a way
To keep myself from holding on

I want to be somewhere I can see the roads
A place where every time you breathe a wish comes true
I want to be where love is real
And memories of distant days come to life again



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    General Comment:call me crazy but everytime i listen to the song, i can hear that it is :
    "i want to be somewhere i CAN'T see the roads".

    for me it means he wants to be somewhere secluded and peaceful etc etc..

    or maybe i just heard it wrong. hehe. nonetheless, DLD's fantastic!!!!
    Flag tweeze_meon March 07, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:First off, this song is so adorable. I can't stop listening to it.

    I think that the person in this song is thinking about his ex or someone he 'almost' loved. He is thinking about sometime/place where him and this 'perfect person' would be together. He thinks the world he is in isnt that great so he is dreaming of this oasis where all that would matter were him and his love. "i want to be where love is real" meaning the obvious. But from other things it makes sense that this place isnt where he is right now. "Someday I know I’ll find a way, To keep myself from holding on" meaning that he is perhaps trying to get over someone or something that happened but he can't. eventually he will though.

    "Still awake with the sound of my voice
    I’m restless for the silence in the air"
    - my favourite line. reminds me so much of what im thinking right now. i love dld.
    Flag katelynnthepurpleon October 24, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:"I want to be somewhere I can see the roads
    A place where every time you breathe a wish comes true
    I want to be where love is real
    And memories of distant days come to life again
    Inside this room, time will stand still
    As long as I'm not aware of changes
    The world outside leaves me behind by myself
    It shows no mercy for those who hold on"



    Obviously, he wants his wish to relive his memories, possibly of past loves he has had (or good, in general). The world won't hold on for your memories forever and he can't help the way he feels and as it says, "It shows no mercy for those who hold on."


    This song is equally beautiful to "Cue the Sun," in my opinion. I also wish that memories would come true.


    While you're stuck in the present pondering about the past, you soon realize that just as soon as your present become your future, you realize that the past present is something that you're now going to ponder and it's a neverending thing if you don't just except the good times and bad.
    Flag skippindinosauron August 17, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I think it's about him losing his innocence. He wishes he could remember his childhood and still look at things the way he did when he was younger, but he realizes that he must grow up. But still, a huge part of him just wants to remember his childhood. Don't we all?

    LOOOVE THIS SONG.
    Flag mopgirl777on May 14, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Hmm.. I thought it was about somebody dying .

    I want to be somewhere I can see the roads
    A place where every time you breathe a wish comes true
    I want to be where love is real
    And memories of distant days come to life again

    Heaven ?
    Flag ViCSQUEAKon February 19, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:"I want to be somewhere I can see the roads
    A place where every time you breathe a wish comes true
    I want to be where love is real
    And memories of distant days come to life again"

    this is just about what he wishes life were like,i think.
    this is my FAVOURITE DLD song.
    i can relate to every single line,and it's amazing. they write the best lyrics.
    Flag zombiesforbreakfaston December 01, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This song is the reason I knew of DLD. First heard it in the summer of '04, and couldn't get enough of it (and Hopeless Love). The lyrics pretty much could relate to anyone. Letting go and moving on, perhaps with change, is a difficult thing to do. It's so much easier to look back. The first four lines give away the song's power and theme immediately in a gentleness. I wish they did more piano. My first and foremost favorite DLD track. Real-life truth.

    -HBG
    Flag handsbehindglasson September 25, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This song means so much to me
    It is amazing, and so deep.
    You can hear the emotion in his voice,
    It is so beautiful.
    When I hear this song, I still think of Aladdin.
    Especially "A Whole New World"
    But, yes.
    This song.
    Is so powerful.
    The lyrics don't do it justice,
    Which is a lot to say, as the lyrics are AMAZING.
    Listen to it if you haven't already.
    Flag Be Still, My Hearton August 09, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i lovve this song.. the first time i heard it i started to get teary-eyed.. gosh. haha

    i love daphne loves derby! =]
    Flag ohs0otinayon June 05, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:this was the first DLD song i ever heard, too! i love them.

    i think he pretty much longs for the past, for a time where everything was perfect, love was real. also, i think he's struggling for closure, to move on - "someday i know i'll find a way to keep myself from holding on."

    pretty much, DLD brings the i-wish-we-could-go-back song to perfection.
    Flag etakxoon March 09, 2006   Link

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