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Re-discovered while ipod was on shuffle at the gym…

Florence and the Machine – Blinding

Seems that I have been held, in some dreaming state
A tourist in the waking world, never quite awake
No kiss, no gentle word could wake me from this slumber
Until I realize that it was you who held me under

Felt it in my fist, in my feet, in the hollows of my eyelids
Shaking through my skull, through my spine and down through my ribs…

No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
No more dreaming like a girl so in love with the wrong world

And I could hear the thunder and see the lightning crack
All around the world was waking, I never could go back
Cause all the walls of dreaming, they were torn right open
And finally it seemed that the spell was broken

And all my bones began to shake, my eyes flew open

No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love

Ugh…perfect. Love the drums in this, how it captures so much emotion. Of course, you can interpret a song to mean whatever you want it to depending on your own personal experience. To me – it speaks of regret, anger, the realization of truths that you chose to be blind to, and the end of an idealistic view/innocence. The beginning stages of becoming jaded perhaps… Of course it all boils down to being excruciatingly hurt by somebody and refusing to let that continue…Waking up from the fairy tale facade. Facing reality vs the pretty perfect dreamlike picture you painted for the both of you. Like that alliteration? ;)

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