"When the Dream Broke" tells the story of a man caught between dream and reality after a traumatic experience. Though he’s awake, he feels like a stranger in his own body, haunted by the dream-world he left behind. It's a surreal, emotional journey through memory, identity, and the quiet grief of not fully returning.
Lyrics:
I was floating on a river made of glass,
No time, no pain, just let it pass.
Machines hummed low like lullabies,
Under velvet moons and endless skies.
Then a voice cut through like a winter cry,
The sky collapsed, I opened my eyes.
Now the city's loud and cold and wrong —
Where did my dream world go?
I touched the stars, they whispered my name,
Watched burning trees call out in flame.
But now I’m trapped in white and grey,
Wires and whispers won’t go away.
That voice pulled me from the velvet deep,
I fell awake, forgot how to sleep.
This world feels sharp, too fast, too slow —
Where did my dream world go?
They say "you made it, you're alive,"
But I left myself where dreams survive.
This skin, this noise, it isn’t mine —
I was someone else in another time.
They said "you’re back," but I never left,
Just torn from peace, into quiet death.
If this is waking, let me drown —
I'd give it all to go back down.
