The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
She's lost in coma where it's beautiful
Intoxicated from the deep sleep, deep sleep
do you wonder what it's like
living in a permanent imagination?
sleeping to escape reality, but you like it like that
Guilty by design, she's nothing more than fiction
she dreams in digital
´cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal,
she's dreaming in digital
she dreams in digital
And your pixel army can't save you now
my finger's on the kill switch
I remember I used to compose your dreams, (control your dreams)
and don't be afraid to expose yourself before I shut you down
you made some changes since the virus caught you sleeping
Guilty by design, she's nothing more than fiction
But she dreams in digital
cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal
she's dreaming in digital (dreams in digital)
cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal
she's dreaming in digital (dreams in digital)
she dreams in digital
(dreams in digital)
she dreams in digital
she's guilty by design
cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal that she's dreaming in digital
(she's nothing more than fiction)
cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal, she's dreaming in digital
(dreams in digital)
Intoxicated from the deep sleep, deep sleep
do you wonder what it's like
living in a permanent imagination?
sleeping to escape reality, but you like it like that
Guilty by design, she's nothing more than fiction
she dreams in digital
´cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal,
she's dreaming in digital
she dreams in digital
And your pixel army can't save you now
my finger's on the kill switch
I remember I used to compose your dreams, (control your dreams)
and don't be afraid to expose yourself before I shut you down
you made some changes since the virus caught you sleeping
Guilty by design, she's nothing more than fiction
But she dreams in digital
cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal
she's dreaming in digital (dreams in digital)
cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal
she's dreaming in digital (dreams in digital)
she dreams in digital
(dreams in digital)
she dreams in digital
she's guilty by design
cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal that she's dreaming in digital
(she's nothing more than fiction)
cause it's better than nothing
now that control is gone
it seems unreal, she's dreaming in digital
(dreams in digital)
Lyrics submitted by thewhitepony33, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Fiction (Dreams In Digital) Lyrics as written by Oliver Sim James Thomas Smith
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I think that the song is about a girl who forces herself to live life in a robotic way and exists in a dreamland of emotional avoidance. She thinks and acts in this detached way because she was vulnerable/caught off guard at some point in the past (the virus caught you sleeping) and has since acted very detached in order to have control over her life and feelings (she dreams in digital...now that control is gone). She used to be somewhat obsessed with him (I used to compose/control your dreams) but he hurt her and now she feels empowered by her jaded attitude. His finger is "on the kill switch" because he feels that he has the power to shut down her defense mechanisms and expose her true emotions once again. I always think about Android 18 when I hear this song!
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that's what jay said it was actually written about ;) but individual interpretation is always a good thing:)
This song seems to be more about escaping reality into a dream world that one knows is completely fictional, as opposed to just being technological mishmash.
i think this song is talking about someone who is in a coma, and they're living in a dream world made by theyre own mind
it's more like he's controlling her--that he forced his opinions on her and she couldn't take it anymore--hence the kill switch because he felt guilty for not letting her think on her own and so he wanted to get rid of her
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The chorus means that she's better than human, and she dreams these unreal dreams uncontrollably
The next two lines mean that she can't protect herself from something, I'm assuming it's the person telling the story.
Then it says that the person telling the story used to compose and control her dreams. It means that he was all she could think of. Then it means that she shouldn't be afraid to have some fun before he does whatever he's gonna do to her. The last line means that she has changed since some incedent happened, probably about the guy telling the story.
Basically, It's about a girl who couldn't get this guy off her mind. Then he did something terrible, and so she waits to go to sleep to escape reality. She left, but the guy still wants her to be with him.
i can really relate to this song, i think it's about a girl who lives in her own little reality (like me) and being snapped back into reality (my finger's on the kill switch, killing the dream)
err... forgot to add, because she's lost control, and can't differentiate (or however you spell that) the dream reality, and the true reality
lol hahaha yeah
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