'I wanna dream - I wanna dream - Leave me to dream' Knowledge? Lies? I don't know, but look at the last lines. The true question I'm asking is is what does the guy think is in his head if it's not imagination. The 'There' it could be referring to could be the 'Head' from the first line. They both boil down to "It’s not what I imagined"īut there's one more part to this meaning. You use colors in painting and if painting in the first line is means Imagination, then the second line could mean "There’s so much there instead of all that I Imagined' 'Painted in my head' and 'Colors that I saw' ![]() Not I want to point out the interesting wording on these 2 lines. 'It’s not what you painted in my head' This on it's own means "It's not what I expected" but instead think about it as "It’s not what I imagined" 'But I wanna dream - I wanna dream - Leave me to dream' 'There’s so much there instead of all the colors that I saw' I say this because this next part may not truly be a meaning or could just be something only I understand. It's a trademark of Imagine Dragons that lets you make your own meanings and put your life problems to their songs, but it make direct meanings near impossible to find most of the time. I didn't go too in-depth because the song it have no solid details. Not those are the Pretty much directly stated meaning. 'And I’m short of the others dreams of being golden and on top' This means "I'm not where I wanted to be by now." it could also show that he had friends or competitors that are doing better that him, but started at the same time as him. 'In the dark' He doesn't know what to do. 'And I’m short of the others dreams of being golden and on top' 'I’m just in the tier of everything that rides below the surface' This is a beautiful line, while it has no meaning the first time, in context to the song it means "This is the first challenges and problems, I know there's more I haven't considered" 'All of us were only dreaming' "I/We were stupid for thinking life was easy." 'To keep me from seeing - Everything is actually a mess' Also holds same meaning 'And the cries from the strangers out at night - They don’t keep us up at night - We have the curtains drawn and closed' "We don't care about other peoples problems so we ignore them." 'It’s not what you painted in my head - We all are living in a dream - But life ain’t what it seems' They hold the same meaning as with childhood. 'I’m just in the tier of everything that rides below the surface' 'To keep me from seeing - Everything is actually a mess' 'And the cries from the strangers out at night - They don’t keep us up at night - We have the curtains drawn and closed' OK, most of the lines from before apply here too 'But now I am leaving' The child is saying "I'm 18 now, and i have to live with these problems. This is horrible." The child saw what it had been protected from. 'Oh, I know all your reasons - To keep me from seeing - Everything is actually a mess' It's that child saying, "You didn't want me to see the problems of life, and I know why. "Life isn't what is what I though it was" 'It’s not what you painted in my head - We all are living in a dream - But life ain’t what it seems' Easy meanings. Whether because they don't look out or this child isn't allowed to look out is personal preference. 'We have the curtains drawn and closed' They don't look outside or more specifically, aren't bothered by it. 'In the eyes - Of a teenage crystallized' and 'Oh the prettiest of lights that hang the hallways of the home' Means that he had a nice home or was rich because this implies chandlers or colored light fixtures. So it means "I couldn't really see for 17 years." It's the minimum age a child is supposed to be protected till, or "distance" in this case. The age of 18 is when most people are considered adults and can live on their own. Oh, I know all your reasons - To keep me from seeing - Everything is actually a mess 'It’s not what you painted in my head - We all are living in a dream - But life ain’t what it seems' ![]() ![]() I'm not going to do this line by line because the song is so fractured, but here we go. A song so simple and that doesn't state it's direct meaning, but has 3 main meanings and a 4th possible implied one. Oh the prettiest of lights that hang the hallways of the homeĪnd the cries from the strangers out at night There's so much there instead of all the colors that I saw I'm just in the tier of everything that rides below the surfaceĪnd I'm short of the others dreams of being golden and on top
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