Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
And look real close,
Across the lines and the roads,
It is there to decode
Where you thought was a ghost,
Are sparked to explode
It's the start of the show
It's the part you love most
When your heart will implode within
Do you believe in hallucinations?
Silly dreams or Imagination?
Don't go away 'cause I feel you this time
Don't go away 'cause I need you here this time
As a man floats home,
Carry us, back to shore,
And let the mountainous coast,
Where the sun starts to glow,
From our head to our toes,
To the stars, that we know,
And with you as my host,
It will keep us afloat, we can
Do you believe in hallucinations?
Silly dreams or Imagination?
Don't go away 'cause I feel you this time
Don't go away 'cause I need you here this time.
Do you believe in hallucinations,
Any dream or it's revelation?
Don't go away 'cause I need you here this time,
Don't go away cause I'll leave you here all night
The signs, are taxing,
I'm waiting, for something,
There's images of love and war
And everything's here to explore,
It's all unlike, the usual,
A different place but beautiful,
And it is not quite as it seems,
I hear the children's laughs and screams,
Ohhhh, It's beautiful!
Ohhhh, So beautiful!
Ohhhh, It's beautiful!
Ohhhhh!
Do you believe in hallucinations?
Silly dreams or Imagination?
Don't go away 'cause I feel you this time
Don't go away 'cause I need you here this time
Do you believe in hallucinations,
Any dream or it's revelation?
Don't go away 'cause I need you here this time,
Don't go away cause I'll leave you here all night
I'm making you, all mine,
I'm making you, all mine
Across the lines and the roads,
It is there to decode
Where you thought was a ghost,
Are sparked to explode
It's the start of the show
It's the part you love most
When your heart will implode within
Do you believe in hallucinations?
Silly dreams or Imagination?
Don't go away 'cause I feel you this time
Don't go away 'cause I need you here this time
As a man floats home,
Carry us, back to shore,
And let the mountainous coast,
Where the sun starts to glow,
From our head to our toes,
To the stars, that we know,
And with you as my host,
It will keep us afloat, we can
Do you believe in hallucinations?
Silly dreams or Imagination?
Don't go away 'cause I feel you this time
Don't go away 'cause I need you here this time.
Do you believe in hallucinations,
Any dream or it's revelation?
Don't go away 'cause I need you here this time,
Don't go away cause I'll leave you here all night
The signs, are taxing,
I'm waiting, for something,
There's images of love and war
And everything's here to explore,
It's all unlike, the usual,
A different place but beautiful,
And it is not quite as it seems,
I hear the children's laughs and screams,
Ohhhh, It's beautiful!
Ohhhh, So beautiful!
Ohhhh, It's beautiful!
Ohhhhh!
Do you believe in hallucinations?
Silly dreams or Imagination?
Don't go away 'cause I feel you this time
Don't go away 'cause I need you here this time
Do you believe in hallucinations,
Any dream or it's revelation?
Don't go away 'cause I need you here this time,
Don't go away cause I'll leave you here all night
I'm making you, all mine,
I'm making you, all mine
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This song is so, great. Most likely a love song.
Beautiful, beautiful song. I love how AVA can keep their individual sound throughout all the albums, and yet every song is different. I can't wait for Valentines Day.. the new album will be amazing.
I believe that it should be:
"As the wind floats home" instead of "As the rain floats home"
awesome song.
LOVE it Great Band and Song! Wish more people knew about them...the music just makes you feel good
love this song && love tom. <3
this song is great. hope the new album will turn out great.
AVA is very good at using powerful lyrical descriptions with soundscaping to bring you into the music.
What I draw from this song is essentially the feeling of love. When you know you are in love everything kind of hits you from so many angles. You cannot have love without tribulation nor without a sense of transcendence. The two are pretty polar and it can cause you to question if it is real or not. When things are going bad you tend to question their feelings for you, and when they are going good you start to question if you are just imagining that something can be so right.
That is what I get from the song. AVA tends to write from a viewpoint that can encompass so many different situations which is what makes them so amazing, they write things that pretty much anyone can relate to and compare to their life in some shape or form.
I am stoked for the new album, and I will definitely be buying the physical album when it is released. I think it is cool they are doing the 10-Track free.
I wonder if this album is a continuation of the other two. We have the rebirth, then the progression after rebirth and now the third ablum.
Very insightful, thanks.
This album is not a continuation of anything.
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