The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
The National * Track #4 On Sleep Well Beast
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The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness by The National
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The NationalProduced by
Peter Katis & Matt Berninger & Bryce Dessner & Aaron DessnerWrited by
Carin Besser & Bryce Dessner & Aaron Dessner & Matt BerningerAbout
“The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness” is the first single from The National’s seventh album Sleep Well Beast. According to an interview with Pitchfork, the song is “an abstract portrait of a weird time we’re in.” On the subject of the song’s awkwardly long title:
“It kinda slipped past the ed...
The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness Lyrics
[Intro]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
[Verse 1]
Maybe I listen more than you think
And I can tell that somebody sold you
We said we'd never let anyone in
We said we'd only die of lonely secrets
[Chorus]
The system only dreams in total darkness
Why are you hidin' from me?
We're in a different kind of thing now
All night you're talkin' to God
[Verse 2]
I thought that this would all work out after a while
Now you're sayin' that I'm askin' for too much attention
Also no other faith is light enough for this place
We said we'd only die of lonely secrets
[Chorus]
The system only dreams in total darkness
Why are you hidin' from me?
We're in a different kind of thing now
All night you're talkin' to God
[Post-Chorus]
And I cannot explain it, oh
Any other, any other way
I cannot explain it, oh
Any other, any other way
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
The system only dreams in total darkness
Why are you hidin' from me?
We're in a different kind of thing now
All night you're talkin' to God
[Post-Chorus]
And I cannot explain it, oh
Any other, any other way
I cannot explain it, oh
Any other, any other way
I cannot explain it, oh
Any other, any other way
I cannot explain it, oh
Any other, any other way
The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness Q&A
Who wrote The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness's ?
The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness was written by Carin Besser & Bryce Dessner & Aaron Dessner & Matt Berninger.
Who produced The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness's ?
The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness was produced by Peter Katis & Matt Berninger & Bryce Dessner & Aaron Dessner.
When did The National release The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness?
The National released The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness on Thu May 11 2017.
What did The National say about "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness"?
That one, for me, is a hibernation—the dark before the dawn sort of thing. That one’s less about relationships than it is more of the strange way our world and our idea of identity mutates—sometimes overnight, as we’ve seen recently. It’s an abstract portrait of a weird time we’re in.
–Matt Berning...