The latest “Song of the Day” comes from the Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall.
“Dreaming Wide Awake” is such a cinematic-sounding song. From the vivid imagery brought up by the songs lyrics to the band’s frontman Marko Saaresto’s singing full of emotional power. I was first introduced to this song when I came across one of my favorite anime music videos almost three years ago now in Chiikaboom’s “Against All Odds”.
The song is about one’s inability to cope and move past the loss of a loved one. How one tragedy could compound another as one loses their grip on reality in an attempt to try and return their dead loved one to them. While this is an extreme version of such an experience I’m sure everyone has felt a similar feeling when one has gone through a very emotional break-up with someone they care about for a very long time.
For a song that sounds wistful and somewhat full of hope in reality this song is actually quite dark.
Dreaming Wide Awake
Too late, the melody is over
The joke seems to be on me cos I’m the one not laughing
Down here on the floor
Deflate, the mystery of living
In the most heartless fashion I could ever Imagine
No pretense of decor
Another place and time, without a great divide
And we could be flying deadly high
I’ll sell my soul to dream you wide awake
Another place and time, without a warning sign
And we could be dying angel style
I’ll sell my soul to dream you wide awake
I’ll dream you… wide awake
With me, disaster finds a playfield
Love seems to draw dark, twisted pleasure tearing at me
Cos I can’t let you go
Mercy, like water in a desert
Shine through my memory like jewelry in the sun
Where are you now
Another place and time, without a great divide
And we could be flying deadly high
I’ll sell my soul to dream you wide awake
Another place and time, without a warning sign
And we could be dying angel style
I’ll sell my soul to dream you wide awake
I’ll dream you… wide awake
It’s like I’m racing to the sun, blindly face the blazing gun
Cos I’m afraid I will be left here without you
Like I’m racing not to run, give more when I have none
Cos I’m afraid I will be left here without you… wide awake
Another place and time, without a great divide
And we could be flying deadly high
I’ll sell my soul to dream you wide awake
Another place and time, without a warning sign
And we could be dying angel style
I’ll sell my soul to dream you wide awake
I’ll dream you… wide awake.