Impulse
Bartock & Lansky Lyrics

In my dreams I see the girl but she's not real
The singer is describing how he dreams of a girl who doesn't actually exist in real life.

We visit every night
In his dreams, the singer is able to see this girl every night.

The way we kiss she doesn't care about money
The singer dreams that when he kisses this girl, she doesn't seem to care about material things like money.

Even fame doesn't mean much to her
The girl in the artist's dreams also doesn't seem to care about fame or status.

Oh, imagine my surprise when I saw her face
The artist is expressing how surprised he was when he saw someone in real life who resembled the girl from his dreams.

I saw her just the other just the other day
The singer is saying that he recently saw this girl in real life.

She was walking away, ran up and kissed her
The singer had an impulse to run up and kiss her as she walked away from him.

Impulse
This line is the repeated chorus of the song and represents the impulsive actions of the artist.

'Cause I was acting on
This line is the repeated start to each chorus and implies that the artist's actions were done without much thought or intention.

And I didn't mean to scare you
The artist is acknowledging that his impulsive behavior may have scared the girl he kissed.

Then she smiled, said I was just daydreaming
The girl the singer kissed explained that he was just like a boy in her daydreams.

About a boy who kind of looks like you
The girl is suggesting that the artist resembles the boy in her daydreams.

Then she said I don't care about money
Similar to the girl in the singer's dreams, this girl also doesn't care much about money.

Even fame doesn't mean much to me
The girl also doesn't care much about fame or status in life.

Oh, I'm sure that we have met somewhere before
The singer believes that he and the girl have met each other before, possibly in previous dreams.

Like those dreams I have where we met
The artist is referencing the dreams he has had where he and the girl have met each other.

Where I see you right up and kiss me
In the artist's dreams, he sees the girl kissing him affectionately.

Can we touch?
The singer is expressing a desire to touch the girl.

Can we kiss?
The singer is expressing a desire to kiss the girl.

I wanna walk, I wanna talk
The artist wants to be able to walk and talk with the girl.

And I was acting on impulse
This final line of the song repeats the idea that the artist's actions were done impulsively.