Dream

Imagine Dragons * Track #9 On Smoke + Mirrors

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Album Smoke + Mirrors

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Imagine Dragons

2015

Dream by Imagine Dragons

Release Date

Tue Feb 17 2015

Performed by

Imagine Dragons

Produced by

Imagine Dragons & Alex da Kid

Writed by

Dan Reynolds & Wayne Sermon & Ben McKee & Daniel Platzman & Alex da Kid

About

“Dream” illustrates how it’s easier to ignore the evils of the world, and how dreaming of a better, more idyllic world may actually be for the worse.

Dream Lyrics

[Verse 1]
In the dark, and I'm right on the middle mark
I'm just in the tier of everything that rides below the surface
And I watch from a distance seventeen
And I'm short of the others' dreams of being golden and on top
It's not what you painted in my head
There's so much there instead of all the colors that I saw

[Chorus]
We all are living in a dream
But life ain't what it seems
Oh everything's a mess
And all these sorrows I have seen
They lead me to believe
That everything's a mess

[Post-Chorus]
But I wanna dream
I wanna dream
Leave me to dream

[Verse 2]
In the eyes of a teenage crystallized
Oh, the prettiest of lights that hang the hallways of the home
And the cries from the strangers out at night
They don't keep us up at night
We have the curtains drawn and closed

[Chorus]
We all are living in a dream
But life ain't what it seems
Oh everything's a mess
And all these sorrows I have seen
They lead me to believe
That everything's a mess

[Post-Chorus]
But I wanna dream
I wanna dream
Leave me to dream

[Bridge]
I know all your reasons
To keep me from seeing
Everything is actually a mess
But now I am leaving
All of us were only dreaming
Everything is actually a mess

[Chorus]
We all are living in a dream
But life ain't what it seems
Oh everything's a mess
And all these sorrows I have seen
They lead me to believe
That everything's a mess

[Post-Chorus]
But I wanna dream
I wanna dream
Leave me to dream
But I wanna dream
I wanna dream
Leave me to dream

Dream Q&A

Who wrote Dream's ?

Dream was written by Dan Reynolds & Wayne Sermon & Ben McKee & Daniel Platzman & Alex da Kid.

Who produced Dream's ?

Dream was produced by Imagine Dragons & Alex da Kid.

When did Imagine Dragons release Dream?

Imagine Dragons released Dream on Tue Feb 17 2015.

What inspired Tim Cantor's song art for "Dream"

According to his website,

This painting is about floating through time, lost as to where one is destined to belong. At times, we feel faint, disillusioned, and saddended by our fate. But, to take one single step differently would change what has become. Memories exist because life is random from ou...

Is there an official remix for the song?

Yes, it’s by Jorgen Odegard:

Has the band ever performed "Dream" live in concert?

Dream is one of the least-played songs from an Imagine Dragons LP live. However, the song was played live in Amsterdam as a mash-up with set-closer, The Fall, on their Smoke + Mirrors tour.