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{{Infobox song
| name          = Dream Away
| cover        =
| caption      =
| type          = Song
| artist        = [[The Midnight]]
| album        = [[Monsters]]
| released      = {{start date|2020|07|10}}
| length        = {{duration|m=3|s=39}}
| label        = Counter Records
| writer        = * [[Tim McEwan]]
* [[Tyler Lyle]]
| producer      = Tim McEwan
| tracks  = {{Hidden
| title        =
| text        = Monsters
# "[[1991 (intro)]]"
# "[[America Online]]"
# "[[Dance With Somebody]]"
# "[[Seventeen]]"
# "[[Dream Away]]"
# "[[The Search for Ecco]]"
# "[[Prom Night]]"
# "[[Fire In The Sky]]"
# "[[Monsters (song)|Monsters]]"
# "[[Helvetica]]"
# "[[Brooklyn]]"
# "[[Deep Blue]]"
# "[[Night Skies]]"
# "[[City Dreams (interlude)]]"
# "[[Last Train]]"
}}
| misc          ={{Music|link=https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2390823575/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=f81674/tracklist=false/artwork=none/track=853365016/transparent=true/}}
}}


= Dream Away =
'''Dream Away'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=July 10, 2020 |title=Dream Away {{!}} The Midnight |url=https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/track/dream-away |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408214116/https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/track/dream-away |archive-date=April 8, 2022 |access-date=April 8, 2022 |website=Bandcamp}}</ref> is a song by [[The Midnight]]. It is the fifth track from their album [[Monsters]].


'''Dream Away'''<ref>https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/track/dream-away</ref> is a song by [[The Midnight]]. It is the fifth track from their album [[releases/monsters|monsters]].
The song was written by band members [[Tim McEwan]] and [[Tyler Lyle]] and produced by McEwan. It has a running time of three minutes and 39 seconds and is in the key of [[wikipedia:B-flat major|B-flat major]].
 
[[File:Dream Away poster.jpg|thumb|Dream Away promotional poster]]
 
McEwan has said that ''Dream Away'' is a &quot;homage to the 90s wave of world influenced electronic music like [[wikipedia:Deep Forest|Deep Forest]] and [[wikipedia:Enigma (German band)|Enigma]].&quot;<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 10, 2020 |title=We are The Midnight. Our new album Monsters is out today and we just announced our 2021 Europe and U.K. headline tour. Ask us anything! : electronicmusic |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/electronicmusic/comments/horqzi/we_are_the_midnight_our_new_album_monsters_is_out/fxjrlnp/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408215314/https://www.reddit.com/r/electronicmusic/comments/horqzi/we_are_the_midnight_our_new_album_monsters_is_out/fxjrlnp/?context=3 |archive-date=April 8, 2022 |access-date=April 8, 2022 |website=Reddit}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 27, 2020 |title=ｔｈｅ　ｍｉｄｎｉｇｈｔ on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/TheMidnightLA/status/1287868174562504704 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408214607/https://twitter.com/TheMidnightLA/status/1287868174562504704 |archive-date=April 8, 2022 |access-date=April 9, 2022 |website=Twitter}}</ref> During an interview with Magnetic Magazine, the band further elaborated on the song:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Middleton |first=Ryan |date=July 10, 2020 |title=The Director's Cut: The Midnight - MONSTERS - Magnetic Magazine |url=https://www.magneticmag.com/2020/07/the-directors-cut-the-midnight-monsters/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328185656/https://www.magneticmag.com/2020/07/the-directors-cut-the-midnight-monsters/ |archive-date=March 28, 2022 |access-date=March 28, 2022 |website=Magnetic Magazine}}</ref> <blockquote>'''''Tim''': This was a sketch I had called “Far, Far Away.” I just knew I wanted to evoke a journey to a distant land. A lot of 90s world music came to mind. The big inspirations for this were artists like Deep Forest and Enigma and those Pure Moods compilation CDs from the 90s.''<br><br>
 
 
== Track info ==
 
<iframe style="border: 0; width: 50%; height: 42px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2390823575/size=small/bgcol=333333/linkcol=F81472/track=853365016/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/album/monsters">Monsters by The Midnight</a></iframe><br />
The song was written by band members [[Tim McEwan]] and [[Tyler Lyle]] and produced by McEwan. It has a running time of three minutes and thirty-nine seconds and is in the key of [[wikipedia:B-flat major|B-flat major]].
 
McEwan has said that ''Dream Away'' is a &quot;homage to the 90s wave of world influenced electronic music like [[wikipedia:Deep Forest|Deep Forest]] and [[wikipedia:Enigma (German band)|Engima]].&quot;<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/electronicmusic/comments/horqzi/we_are_the_midnight_our_new_album_monsters_is_out/fxjrlnp/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/TheMidnightLA/status/1287868174562504704</ref> During an interview with Magnetic Magazine, the band further elaborated on the song:<ref>https://www.magneticmag.com/2020/07/the-directors-cut-the-midnight-monsters/</ref> &lt;blockquote&gt;<br />
'''Tim''': This was a sketch I had called “Far, Far Away.” I just knew I wanted to evoke a journey to a distant land. A lot of 90s world music came to mind. The big inspirations for this were artists like Deep Forest and Enigma and those Pure Moods compilation CDs from the 90s.
 
'''Tyler''': To waste your life asking the wrong questions, building the wrong reality is one of the saddest heartbreaks. I wrote this song initially as part of a podcast series I did between ‘16-18 while reading a lot of Emile Durkheim. Maybe the answer is to let go of the fantasy so that you can start living in the more disappointing, but real world. Maybe not? &lt;/blockquote&gt;


'''''Tyler''': To waste your life asking the wrong questions, building the wrong reality is one of the saddest heartbreaks. I wrote this song initially as part of a podcast series I did between ‘16-18 while reading a lot of Emile Durkheim. Maybe the answer is to let go of the fantasy so that you can start living in the more disappointing, but real world. Maybe not?''</blockquote>


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
 
<blockquote><poem>
<blockquote>I was busy dreaming
I was busy dreaming
Building us a world
Building us a world
Day dreaming up a good life
Day dreaming up a good life
That wouldn’t hurt and wouldn’t spoil</blockquote>
That wouldn’t hurt and wouldn’t spoil
&gt;


<blockquote>The sun never set there
The sun never set there
The water, clean and pure
The water, clean and pure
In the beauty there was purpose
In the beauty there was purpose
So certain, safe and sure</blockquote>
So certain, safe and sure
&gt;


<blockquote>I could’ve lived this lie forever
I could’ve lived this lie forever
But from far far away
But from far far away
I thought I heard you calling
I thought I heard you calling
You said I could not stay</blockquote>
You said I could not stay
&gt;


<blockquote>And I woke up in a fever
And I woke up in a fever
My calculations were wrong
My calculations were wrong
These pillars could not hold us
These pillars could not hold us
And the angels were gone</blockquote>
And the angels were gone
&gt;


<blockquote>When hope makes you bleed
When hope makes you bleed
When life gets you down
When life gets you down
There’s all the love you need
There’s all the love you need
Underground</blockquote>
Underground
&gt;


<blockquote>To make a way for the dark heart
To make a way for the dark heart
To feel the love I’ve found
To feel the love I’ve found
There’s all the love you need
There’s all the love you need
Underground</blockquote>
Underground
&gt;


<blockquote>We dream away…</blockquote>
We dream away…
&gt;


<blockquote>A picture of a sunset
A picture of a sunset
Above a turquoise tide
Above a turquoise tide
The beauty of a just world
The beauty of a just world
And the convenience of a lie</blockquote>
And the convenience of a lie
&gt;


<blockquote>I tore down that picture
I tore down that picture
There is no other perfect life
There is no other perfect life
But in the dirt under my fingers
But in the dirt under my fingers
Maybe something will survive</blockquote>
Maybe something will survive
&gt;


<blockquote>When hope makes you bleed
When hope makes you bleed
When life gets you down
When life gets you down
There’s all the love you need
There’s all the love you need
Underground</blockquote>
Underground
&gt;


<blockquote>To make a way for the dark heart
To make a way for the dark heart
To feel the love I’ve found
To feel the love I’ve found
There’s all the love you need
There’s all the love you need
Underground</blockquote>
Underground
&gt;
 
We dream away…
</poem>
</blockquote>
Lyrics source<ref name=":0" />


<blockquote>We dream away…</blockquote>
== Official versions ==
Lyrics source<ref>https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/track/dream-away</ref>
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== Refernces ==
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<references />
[[Category:Monsters]]
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[[Category:Songs]]‎</noinclude>{{TheMidnight}}

Latest revision as of 12:30, 15 April 2024

"Dream Away"
Song by The Midnight
from the album Monsters
ReleasedJuly 10, 2020 (2020-07-10)
Length3:39
LabelCounter Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tim McEwan
Monsters track listing

Monsters

  1. "1991 (intro)"
  2. "America Online"
  3. "Dance With Somebody"
  4. "Seventeen"
  5. "Dream Away"
  6. "The Search for Ecco"
  7. "Prom Night"
  8. "Fire In The Sky"
  9. "Monsters"
  10. "Helvetica"
  11. "Brooklyn"
  12. "Deep Blue"
  13. "Night Skies"
  14. "City Dreams (interlude)"
  15. "Last Train"

Dream Away[1] is a song by The Midnight. It is the fifth track from their album Monsters.

The song was written by band members Tim McEwan and Tyler Lyle and produced by McEwan. It has a running time of three minutes and 39 seconds and is in the key of B-flat major.

Dream Away promotional poster

McEwan has said that Dream Away is a "homage to the 90s wave of world influenced electronic music like Deep Forest and Enigma."[2][3] During an interview with Magnetic Magazine, the band further elaborated on the song:[4]

Tim: This was a sketch I had called “Far, Far Away.” I just knew I wanted to evoke a journey to a distant land. A lot of 90s world music came to mind. The big inspirations for this were artists like Deep Forest and Enigma and those Pure Moods compilation CDs from the 90s.

Tyler: To waste your life asking the wrong questions, building the wrong reality is one of the saddest heartbreaks. I wrote this song initially as part of a podcast series I did between ‘16-18 while reading a lot of Emile Durkheim. Maybe the answer is to let go of the fantasy so that you can start living in the more disappointing, but real world. Maybe not?

Lyrics

I was busy dreaming
Building us a world
Day dreaming up a good life
That wouldn’t hurt and wouldn’t spoil

The sun never set there
The water, clean and pure
In the beauty there was purpose
So certain, safe and sure

I could’ve lived this lie forever
But from far far away
I thought I heard you calling
You said I could not stay

And I woke up in a fever
My calculations were wrong
These pillars could not hold us
And the angels were gone

When hope makes you bleed
When life gets you down
There’s all the love you need
Underground

To make a way for the dark heart
To feel the love I’ve found
There’s all the love you need
Underground

We dream away…

A picture of a sunset
Above a turquoise tide
The beauty of a just world
And the convenience of a lie

I tore down that picture
There is no other perfect life
But in the dirt under my fingers
Maybe something will survive

When hope makes you bleed
When life gets you down
There’s all the love you need
Underground

To make a way for the dark heart
To feel the love I’ve found
There’s all the love you need
Underground

We dream away…

Lyrics source[1]

Official versions

Dream Away

from Monsters

Dream Away (Instrumental)

from Monsters (The Instrumentals)

Refernces

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dream Away | The Midnight". Bandcamp. July 10, 2020. Archived from the original on April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  2. ↑ "We are The Midnight. Our new album Monsters is out today and we just announced our 2021 Europe and U.K. headline tour. Ask us anything! : electronicmusic". Reddit. July 10, 2020. Archived from the original on April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  3. ↑ "ｔｈｅ　ｍｉｄｎｉｇｈｔ on Twitter". Twitter. July 27, 2020. Archived from the original on April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  4. ↑ Middleton, Ryan (July 10, 2020). "The Director's Cut: The Midnight - MONSTERS - Magnetic Magazine". Magnetic Magazine. Archived from the original on March 28, 2022. Retrieved March 28, 2022.

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