Franz Ferdinand – Dream Again

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  General Comment:I think that this song is about wake induced lucid dreams. Before you dream, you must go through the sleep paralysis, where you can hear loud noises and the whole thing is very terrifying. After sleep paralysis, you start lucid dreaming.

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  General Comment:Check out this monologue from Caliban in Shakespeare's The Tempest Act three, Scene two.
  
  Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
  Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
  Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
  Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices
  That, if I then had waked after long sleep,
  Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming,
  The clouds methought would open and show riches
  Ready to drop upon me that, when I waked,
  I cried to dream again.
  
  Bam. Alex said on Twitter, when a fan pointed it out: "Well spotted. It was Nick's idea."

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    Mind-blowing!

    Flag BrokenDickon February 24, 2012  
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  My Interpretation:First time i heard this I thought "wow, this is such a stoner song". But then I examined the lyrics ^.^
  
  Generally, I think this song is about staying strong and rational and preserving one's individuality in times of trouble. "I live to dream again"--that can be talking about either always living in order to dream and work for a better future (which goes with the staying strong thing). It could also be like "don't get despaired if life sucks, because you can stay strong in your dreams [the sleeping kind]". I like the first version better.

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  General Comment:Wonderful song... It's like I'm listening to my own thoughts sometimes...

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    I think the song is about taking solace in dreaming, or that dreams are an escape. Its really obvious that the song is meant to sound like a dreamscape.
    
    I like how a lot of the lines start with don't be afraid, but my favourite is 'well I feel us dream together' - it sends shivers down my spine.

    Flag kaimiriffyon December 21, 2009  
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  General Comment:god, i love the line "Don't be afraid if you're descending the deepest despair, Without a handrail to guide you." so lovely.
  
  it's "bring meaning to the canyon's cry."

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  General Comment:Amazing Song!!!!
  I live to dream again (Buum Buum Buum Buum Buummmmm)
  I love the Bass...

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    This is one of my favorites. And yea the bass is win.

    Flag me88on May 06, 2009  

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