Dave Matthews Band – Dreamed I Killed God

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Dreamed I killed God, and woke up
Dreamed I killed God, and woke up
He's begging, "Please, please, please."
"No, don't..."

Dreamed I killed God and woke up
Time dries, time dries my mind
Oh, I'll survive, no one can save us
Talk to myself, talk to my soul

I want you to follow
Yes, follow...
It's only, it's only a dream, only

Dreamed I killed God and woke up
He was lying, bleeding, wishing

It's passing
It's passing
Dreamed I killed God
Dreamed I killed God
Is he dead?
And then I dreamt of him

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    General Comment:To all the "loss of faith" interpretations, I enjoy your interpretations. However I found a slightly deeper meaning to this song. Originally I agreed with you whole heartedly, however my view now has an a slight adjustment. This song represents a "temporary loss of faith." Dave sings the he dreamed he killed God, then WOKE UP. As past people have mentioned he was originally angry at God for taking away various family members of his. This drove him to want to, metaphorically, "kill God". After he does so, however, he "wakes up." The dream world he was immersed in no longer exists, because he has killed the God of that world. In other words, without God (using, of course, the purest sense of the word), there would be no existence. Dave is describing to use, in a very elegant way, how he originally hated God for "taking" his loved ones, but then realized the necessity of death. His realization that blaming a creator for such an event is self-destructive. In the song God begs, "please please no dont." This is God trying to plead with the currently wrathful Dave that he doesn't know what he's doing, and is simply acting on a negative emotion, wrath. Another strong piece of evidence is looking at the first and last lines of the song. The progression through the song is metaphorical of Dave's progression through his emotions. He first "dreams he kills god" out of rage but in the end he is "dreaming of him" once again. Thanks for reading!
    Flag jp101on April 28, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Dave, understandably, deeply resents God and fantasizes about having power over him. Some of the lyrics are not comprehensible - eerie. His voice is most passionate in this song, I think.
    Flag aa139062on December 02, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:if your a jesus freak and believe all that nonsense then this song is not for you , so dont criticise it
    Flag xane1423on September 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I have a copy of this song. Its Tim and Dave, at a show February 17, 1997 . They way they do it, is its kinda like an "extra" at the end of Minarets. They play minarets and continue on straight into it.
    Flag jdobbinson May 01, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:PS I have never heard this song, if anyone knows the date and show he performed this please post i would love to get a copy!
    Flag cellordoreon February 28, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I have always wondered about Dave's religious beliefs. I have read many things which state that Dave is agnostic and or atheist, yet many of his lyrics suggest he has some deep rooted spiritual beliefs. I completely agree with MarcelDwayne , I believe this was a dream that Dave had and was shocked that his subconscious thoughts were killing his believed maker. Yet this is the beauty of dreams, they always seem to sneak out our true feelings whether we like it or not.
    Flag cellordoreon February 28, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Nietzsche, anybody?
    And DMBfan12, it's not on a cd. There are many DMB songs that are only played live, then spread around through tape trading.
    Flag zefferonion November 11, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:I think with pndrlw. I think that he probably really had this dream and when he woke up, he wrote about it real quick before he forgets it. That's why he says, "It's Passing, It's Passing." He's startind to forget the dream just like we all forget dreams after it's been a few seconds after we wake up.
    Now, I do think that dreams have meanings, so it would be interesting to find out what this dream means. Maybe it means that God symbolizes structure and authority and the right way of living, and by him killing God, he is going in a direction that he knows is wrong. ie, drugs, etc. I'm not sure... anybody good at dream interpretations??
    Flag famenon October 05, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:what cd is this song on?
    Flag DMBfan12on May 12, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:Well As Ive said before Dave Matthews has a different way of getting thigns across. He wants us to think for ourselves about his songs and not just have it all laid out for us. I believe its saying ... he feels as if he is killing God by maybe things he\'s done and when he finally things all is over he realizes God is once again back in his dreams to rmeind him of his love for him. I think Dave is a lot deeper than most give him credit for. And may possibly be trying to reach out to people that some arent capable of. :-)
    God Bless Peace out
    Me :-)
    Flag yeshua149on April 22, 2005   Link

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