As highlighted in an interview with NME, In A Dream “was inspired by a dream so intense that Sivan woke up crying.”
Throughout the EP’s titular track, Troye details the painfully difficult efforts he went to in order to avoid thinking about his break-up, from travelling back home to disconnecting f...
[Verse 1]
I think about it
Can't think about it
Took a flight all the way home, yeah, ooh
No way around it, I still see you way up here, yeah
I'm stressed about it
Went west about it
Took a hammer to my phone, yeah, ooh
No way around it; I still hear you crystal clear
[Pre-Chorus]
But I won't let you in again
I'm gonna lock the doors and hide my shit
'Cause my spirit's wearing thin
And there's only so much I can give
I won't let you in again
That's the hardest thing I've ever said, you know
It's the hardest thing I've said
[Chorus]
Guess I might understand it
If you don't listen to me
Would've thought it was obvious
That you don't show up in a dream
Guess I even forgive you
For you not wanting to leave, no, no, no
Put my shoes on and run away
But you still show up in a dream
Only making this harder
'Cause I still have to see your, see your face, yeah
(Ooh, ooh)
[Verse 2]
Can you come back?
Wait, I don't mean that, no
It's all just feeling real now (Ooh)
So far away, but I still feel you everywhere
[Pre-Chorus]
But I can't let you in again
I'm gonna lock the doors and hide my shit (Hide my shit)
'Cause my spirit's wearing thin
And there's only so much I can give (I can give)
I won't let you in again
That's the hardest thing I've ever said, you know
That's the hardest thing I've said
[Chorus]
Guess I might understand it
If you don't listen to me
Would've thought it was obvious
That you don't show up in a dream
Guess I even forgive you
For you not wanting to leave, no, no, no
Put my shoes on and run away
But you still show up in a dream
Only making this harder
'Cause I still have to see your, see your face, yeah
(Ooh, ooh)
[Bridge]
But I can't let you in again
I'm gonna lock the doors and hide my shit
'Cause my spirit's wearing thin
And there's only so much I can give
I won't let you in again
That's the hardest thing I've ever said, you know
That's the hardest thing I've said
[Chorus]
Guess I might understand it
If you don't listen to me
Would've thought it was obvious
That you don't show up in a dream
Guess I even forgive you
For you not wanting to leave, no, no, no
Put my shoes on and run away
But you still show up in a dream
Only making this harder
'Cause I still have to see your, see your face, yeah
(Ooh, ooh)
IN A DREAM was written by Troye Sivan & Leland & OZGO.
IN A DREAM was produced by OZGO.
Troye Sivan released IN A DREAM on Fri Aug 21 2020.
I think it might be my favourite song on the whole thing, and my favourite song that I’ve done in a really, really long time. I think that song came about in such a weird way, it sounds gnarly depressing because it kind of is, but I woke up crying for the first time in my entire life which was… a fu...