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Did All My Dreams Never Mean One Thing?

Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar
(Official Music Video)

‘Cause I’d get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
As they tried to teach me how to dance

Owl CIty
Fireflies

It’s been a loveless year

Have we eyes to see,
That love is gathering?

Collective Soul
The World I Know

Look me in the eyes

In your eyes,
I am complete

Peter Gabriel
In Your Eyes

Tell me what you see

I see the light and the heat

Peter Gabriel
In Your Eyes

Perfect paradise, tearin’ at the seams

This is no place,
but here I am

David Bowie
No Plan

I wish I could escape it

I’ve Been Locked Inside Your
Heart-Shaped Box

Nirvana
Heart Shaped Box

I don’t wanna fake it

If you believe there’s
nothing up his sleeve

R.E.M.
Man on the Moon

Wish I could erase it

I Wanna Turn the Whole Thing
Upside Down

Jack Johnson
Upside Down

Make your heart believe

Open hearts,
feel about it

Tears for Fears
Sowing the Seeds of Love

But I’m a bad liar, bad liar
Now you know

Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?

Pink Floyd
Comfortably Numb

Open Your Eyes,
Your Life Is a Lie

MGMT
Your Life is a Lie

‘Cause everything is never as it seems

Owl City
Fireflies

Does happiness lie in a diamond ring?

No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man

John Lennon
Imagine

Oh, I’ve been asking for…
Oh, I’ve been asking for problems, problems, problems

There is another kind of knowledge. It is not one of physical facts, nor can it be quantified and measured. It is a knowledge of our inner world, not the outer one, a knowledge of what we used to call the spirit or the soul, that invisible, intangible something that animates us and leads us to ask questions about who we are and what our place in this mysterious world can be. 1

Gary Lachman
The Secret Teachers of the Western World

I Was Just Guessing at Numbers and Figures

Coldplay
The Scientist

I wage my war, on the world inside
I take my gun to the enemy’s side

And words that have no form
Are falling from my lips

Heart
These Dreams

Oh, I’ve been asking for…
Oh, I’ve been asking for problems, problems, problems

And who knows which is which
and who is who

Pink Floyd
Us and Them

The Red Balloon 2

I can’t be what you want me to be

Believe me, this one time

Believe me

Ninety-nine dreams I have had
In every one a red balloon

Nena
99 Red Balloons

Notes & References:

  1. The Secret Teachers of the Western World

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  2. The Red Balloon
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Songs:

Owl City – Fireflies
Collective Soul – The World I Know
Peter Gabriel – In Your Eyes
David Bowie – No Plan
Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box
R.E.M. – Man on the Moon
Jack Johnson – Upside Down
Tears for Fears – Sowing the Seeds of Love
Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
MGMT – Your Life is a Lie
John Lennon – Imagine
Coldplay – The Scientist
Heart – These Dreams
Pink Floyd – Us and Them
Nena – 99 Red Balloons

Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar

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