What does Punching in a Dream mean?

The Naked and Famous: Punching in a Dream Meaning

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Punching in a Dream Lyrics

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ALISSA:
All the lights go down as I crawl into the spaces
If I died on the screens
Life tearing at the seams
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  1. anonymous
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     May 27th 2016 !⃝

    Punching in your dreams breathing life into a nightmare, i feel that is about letting your dreams and fear get to you and making those fears become reality maybe?

  2. anonymous
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     Dec 11th 2013 !⃝

    Um...these lyrics are wrong. If you go to the band's website, they have the right ones.

    All the lights go down as I crawl into the spaces
    Fight, flight or the screams
    Life tearing at the seams

    Wait – I don’t ever wanna be here
    Like punching in a dream
    Breathing life into my nightmare
    hoo-hoo-hoo-woo-oo

    If it falls apart
    I will surely wake it
    Bright lights turn me green
    This is worse than it seems

    Wait – I don’t ever wanna be here
    Like punching in a dream
    Breathing life into my nightmare
    hoo-hoo-hoo-woo-oo

    They’ll get through; they’ll get you
    In the place that you fear it the most
    In the corner, where it’s warmer
    In the face that you wish was a ghost
    Waoh…

    Wait – I don’t ever wanna be here
    Like punching in a dream
    Breathing life into my nightmare

    hoo-hoo-hoo-woo-oo

  3. anonymous
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     Dec 5th 2013 !⃝

    It seems like a kind of break up situation within a relationship and the situation is being relived in memory where the outcome can't be changed no matter how hard she tries to punch out of it she realises its impossible which then breathes fire into the nightmare and its tearing her apart. Quite possibly she lives in a town that's small in which she sees the person she was once with so memories come back, hence the part where the guy sings

    Theyll get through;
    They'll get you In the place that you fear it the most. (In memory)
    In the corner, where its warmer, (maybe a location? Bar or pub?)
    In the face that you wish was a ghost. (Her ex?)

    Its similar to a situation I've been in and has been a struggle to get out of.

  4. anonymous
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     Jan 31st 2013 !⃝

    My opinion is that it's about the struggles and influences (like drugs) of fame and how it's harder to deal with than people think it is. It's hard to get away from the glare of the public when suddenly, everybody knows every little mistake you've made in the past. I think she's trying to avoid the negativity of all the attention, but she thinks that performing and making a name for herself is worth it.

  5. anonymous
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     Dec 10th 2012 !⃝

    No I think the above poster is quite correct. I first thought "punching in" was like dialing in or up something but it's clearly the inability to punch something or someone when dreaming. I also have had great difficulty in dreams trying to strike or punch someone, all of a sudden an impossible effort is needed to continue to swing or it's like there is a force repulsing my arm or dragging it back, like trying to punch something underwater but worse. Frustration & inability

  6. anonymous
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     Nov 23rd 2011 !⃝

    She wishes to die but not kill herself. She feels trapped and just wants out.

  7. anonymous
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     Jun 17th 2011 !⃝

    In my dreams, I have never been able to punch. Everytime I try to punch someone in a dream, it feels like two south ends of a magnetic pole bouncing off each other. I can't do it. So when I first heard this song, I wondered if this happened in others dreams, and if that was what "Punching in a Dream" referred to. And if you read the rest of the lyrics, this really makes sense and fits into the overall theme of the song. Not being able to punch in a dream is a very frightening thing, feeding into the line "breathing life into a nightmare." The song has alot to do with fear and falling apart, and my theory of not being able to punch in dreams seems to fit, but song lyrics are always what they need to mean for a specific person I guess.


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