“The Dreamers” is the final track of Bowie’s 1999 album ‘hours…’ , before the several alternative mixes.
Illustrating a setting of social misfits living under a sky full of “flames” and “vermillion”, the lyrics of this track are presented in an abstract, poetic fashion. The song is also oddly disco...
[Verse 1]
Black eyed ravens
They spiral down
They tilt his head back
To the flame filled sunset
Raise their guns high
As the darken falls
These are the days boys
Shallow man
Shallow man... and they
Eats in the doorway
With his head inclined
And he's always in decline
No-one heals anymore
So he shrinks as they ride
Under vermillion sky
[Chorus]
So it goes
Just a searcher
A lonely soul
The last of the dreamers
[Verse 2]
Shallow man
Shallow man
Speaks to the shadows
Moves his trembling hands
And he's always a little late
For the dawning of the day
[Chorus]
So it goes
Just a searcher
A lonely soul
The last of the dreamers
The Dreamers was written by Reeves Gabrels & David Bowie.
The Dreamers was produced by Reeves Gabrels & David Bowie.
David Bowie released The Dreamers on Mon Oct 04 1999.