Irish/Scottish pop rock/synthpop and dance band. Between 1992 and 1997, the… Read Full Bio ↴Irish/Scottish pop rock/synthpop and dance band. Between 1992 and 1997, the period during which they were first active, the band released two studio albums (D:Ream On Volume 1 and World), ten different singles (some of them re-released twice or three times, until totally reaching 14 singles - but two tracks were featured together on a double A-side single), and an official greatest hits album (The Best of D:Ream). In 2006, a second collection was out, for the well known series entitled The Platinum Collection (with many artists and groups in the catalogue), without the band's permission. Reformed in 2008, releasing album In Memory Of... in March 2011.

When D:Ream got famous, its main members were Peter Cunnah (vocalist and songwriter) and Al Mackenzie (musician and producer), though, afterwards, the group would in fact become a one man band, exclusively centred upon the singer.

Another member, Brian Cox played keyboards for several years in D:Ream, while studying for his PhD. There were a number of vocalists who changed over time - a popular one was T.J. Davis, who is featured as co-lead vocalist on The Power (Of All the Love in the World), one of the singles taken from their second album, World, in 1995, as well as performing backing vocals on many other songs.

The band's first album, D:Ream On Volume 1, which was promoted for almost two years, since its date of release, in 1993, until a short time before the first single taken from the second album, Shoot Me with Your Love, was out, in 1995, has produced some 7 singles (in fact, 'only' six, since Star and I Like It came on a joint release as a double A-side single), but it was the track called Things Can Only Get Better - an original song by the group, not to be confused with the single of the same name by Howard Jones - that gave them UK success and international fame.

After supporting Take That on their tour, their song Things Can Only Get Better topped the UK Charts, in early 1994. Already released in late 1993, when the track did not get higher than Number 24, it was later adopted by the UK Labour Party as their theme for the 1997 UK General Election, and consequently released for the third time, this time getting to Number 19. Though this respectable chart position, the group's record company chose to release their first compilation, The Best of D:Ream, in 1997, instead of their third studio album, which was never out so far.

D:Ream can claim as part of the achievements in their musical career:
* 1 Number 1 hit: the re-release of Things Can Only Get Better;
2 Top 10 hits: the second re-release of U R The Best Thing, and Shoot Me with Your Love;
* 4 Top 20 hits: the re-release of U R The Best Thing, Take Me Away, Party Up the World, and the second re-release of Things Can Only Get Better;
* 4 Top 30 hits: the first release of Things Can Only Get Better, Unforgiven, Blame It on Me, and the double A-side Star / I Like It;
* 1 Top 40 hit: The Power (Of All the Love in the World);
* 1 Top 75 hit: the first release of U R The Best Thing.

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Take Me Away
D:Ream Lyrics

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Take me away to a strange and foreign land
And leave me to be - let me lay my head down on the sand
We're reachin' out for something special, our minds may never know
It's the kind of place we dream of and then let go - ah please

I'm OK, you alright, just the same every night
Living for the here and now, yeah yeah, yeah
I love it, you love it, we love it - letting go, no no

Come on and

Take me away, come on and take me, come come, and take me away

Take me away to a better place than this
Sometimes it's better to die than to live
I will not miss all the hurt I feel around me these eyes have never seen
And the lines between the words we seldom mean - I mean words like

I'm OK, you alright, just the same every night
Living for the here and now, yeah yeah, yeah
I love it, you love it, we love it - letting go, no no
Come on and

Take me away, come on and take me, come come, and take me away

I'm living today just like every day
Come on and take me away...

Overall Meaning

The opening lines suggest a desire to escape from the routine of everyday life and be taken to a place that is both strange and foreign. The idea of laying one's head down on the sand suggests a desire for a simpler and more natural existence, far from the hustle and bustle of modern society. The lyrics suggest a yearning for a sense of adventure and wonder that seems to have been lost, and a search for something that is beyond the mundane.

The second verse offers a more pessimistic view, suggesting that the singer has grown weary of the hurt and pain they feel in their current existence. The lines "Sometimes it's better to die than to live" seem to suggest that life has become unbearable, and that death would be a merciful release. The use of the word "mean" in the line "And the lines between the words we seldom mean" suggests a disconnect between what people say and what they actually feel.

Line by Line Meaning

Take me away to a strange and foreign land
I want to escape to a place that is completely different from where I am, where I can be free from my current reality.

And leave me to be - let me lay my head down on the sand
I want to be left alone and have the freedom to relax without any pressure or responsibilities.

We're reachin' out for something special, our minds may never know
We have an inner desire for something remarkable and meaningful that we can't fully comprehend.

It's the kind of place we dream of and then let go - ah please
This special place we long for is the one we imagine and long for, but we know it may not be within reach.

I'm OK, you alright, just the same every night
We pretend everything is fine and stay in our routine, finding comfort in consistency.

Living for the here and now, yeah yeah, yeah
We focus on enjoying the present moment, without worrying about the future or dwelling on the past.

I love it, you love it, we love it - letting go, no no
We enjoy the release of letting go but also fear losing control.

Take me away, come on and take me, come come, and take me away
We desperately want to escape and crave someone to take us away from our current situation.

Take me away to a better place than this
We need a change in scenery and want to be taken to a place where things are better than our current reality.

Sometimes it's better to die than to live
Our current life is so full of pain and struggle that we would rather not exist than continue living in it.

I will not miss all the hurt I feel around me these eyes have never seen
We have never seen anything but pain, and we long to escape the hurt and heartache we see around us.

And the lines between the words we seldom mean - I mean words like
We constantly use language without fully understanding its meaning or keeping our promises.

I'm OK, you alright, just the same every night
We use these words to reassure each other and ourselves, but we know that we're not always okay.

Come on and take me away...
We are begging and pleading for someone to take us away, and we're open to the possibility of wherever that might lead.

Contributed by Kayla I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.

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