This song references the Aztec Book Of The Dead, a philosophy where they believe that this world is all a dream and only when we die do we really wake up. It helps people cope with hard times in their current life, knowing that better times lay ahead.
“They will begin to meet in their own feathered...
There's a point to all this dreaming
To every man his just deserts
And every time I caught you leaving
I had to dream awake
I had to dream awake
For every time I came home screaming
And got sent away, with no warning at all
I had to dream awake
I had to dream awake
There's a calling, a calling, a calling
To everyone, who lost something
Who had to dream awake
Who had to dream awake
To take us under now
Take us under now
There's a fight we're not conceding
Where words get mixed and the point is lost
Where we have to dream awake
We had to dream awake
To take us under now
Take us under now
There's a warning, a warning, a warning
To everyone, who took something
Dream Awake was written by Colm Mac Con Iomaire & Glen Hansard & Joseph Doyle & Rob Bochnik.
Dream Awake was produced by Rob Bochnik.