Day Dream
Duke Ellington Lyrics
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Can't keep my feet on the ground
Everything seems unreal now
When you're not around
Day Dream
Why do you haunt me so?
Deep in a rosy glow
Day Dream
I walk along on air
Building a castle there
For me and my love to share
Don't know the time
Lordy, I'm in a daze
Sun in the sky
While I moon around, feeling hazy
Day Dream
Don't break my reverie
Until I find that he
Is day dreaming just like me
Day Dream
Why do you haunt me so?
Deep in a rosy glow
The face of my love you show
Day Dream
I walk along on air
Building a castle there
For me and my love to share
Don't know the time
Lordy, I'm in a daze
Sun in the sky
While I moon around, feeling hazy
Day Dream
Don't break my reverie
Until I find that he
Is day dreaming just like me
The lyrics of Duke Ellington's song Day Dream are a poetic and melancholic exploration of a person's longing for their loved one. The singer describes feeling lost and disconnected when their love is not around, expressing a desire for a dreamlike escape into a world of love and tenderness. The singer pleads with their daydreams to continue until they find that their love is daydreaming just like them, that they share the same fantasies and hopes for their relationship.
The song's melody and lyrics are carefully crafted to evoke a sense of longing and wistfulness. The melody is light and airy, with a dreamlike quality that heightens the sense of being lost in a reverie. The lyrics use vivid imagery to create a sense of romantic fantasy and escape, as the singer describes building a castle in the air for them and their love to share. The chorus repeats the same phrase, asking why the daydream haunts them so, emphasizing the persistent nature of the fantasy, and the powerful hold that love and longing can have.
Overall, Duke Ellington's Day Dream is a poignant and evocative meditation on love and longing, crafted with skillful lyrics and a dreamy melody that captures the essence of the longing for a lost love. The song is a classic example of Ellington's signature style, which combined thoughtful lyrics with complex and inventive melody and harmony.
Line by Line Meaning
Funny the way I feel now
I am experiencing indescribable emotions.
Can't keep my feet on the ground
My emotions are overwhelming me and causing me to feel ungrounded.
Everything seems unreal now
The intensity of my emotions is making the world feel surreal.
When you're not around
My emotions are intimately related to being near you.
Day Dream
I am consumed by thoughts and fantasies of you.
Why do you haunt me so?
I cannot control my thoughts of you.
Deep in a rosy glow
I feel a deep, intense warmth when thinking of you.
The face of my love you show
In my daydreams, I imagine your face and my love for you.
I walk along on air
My fantasies of you are causing me to feel elated and weightless.
Building a castle there
In my mind, I am constructing a perfect world for us.
For me and my love to share
I long for a deep, meaningful connection with you.
Don't know the time
I am so consumed with thoughts of you that I have lost track of reality.
Lordy, I'm in a daze
My thoughts and fantasies of you have left me feeling confused and unfocused.
Sun in the sky
The world continues on around me, despite my intense emotions.
While I moon around, feeling hazy
I am lost in my thoughts, unable to fully invest in the world outside of my own mind.
Don't break my reverie
I am not yet ready to let go of my thoughts and fantasies of you.
Until I find that he
I am searching for someone who shares my intense emotions.
Is day dreaming just like me
I long for someone who shares my thoughts and fantasies of a perfect world together.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, O/B/O DistroKid, Downtown Music Publishing, Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Duke Ellington
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@ryleecote2770
Daydream, why do you haunt me so
Deep in a rosy glow
The face of my love you show
Daydream, I walk along on air
Building a castle there
For me and my love to share
Don't know the time, lordy
I'm in a daze
Sun in the sky, while I moon around, feeling, hazy
Daydream, don't break my reverie
Until I find that he,
Is daydreaming just like me
Daydreams, why do you haunt me so
While I'm in this rosy glow
Bring back my love
Bring back my love
Bring back my love
@GERRY1939
Brings back wonderful memories when attending a Duke Ellington concert on our honeymoon in Paris March 1964 and Johnny Hodges played this as one of his solos!
@robinomsa
How amazing to hear it in person!
@DaveBullers
This is what they play in heaven's lounge.
@karlow8
I know that's right...!
@eddieroberts6975
absolutely beautiful
@angelabryant8808
Absolutely Gorgeous!!!🎷💖 Johnny Hodges a Gorgeous saxophone player, and Duke a Epitome of Perfection!!!Gorgeous.
@kbh4950
Absolutely beautiful
@HMinot
Another of the selections which helped to lift me up and out of the depression which almost caused me to end my life at age 15.
@robinomsa
Thank God you're still here. What wonderful music!
@NegationOfNegation
Hope you're doing well now🙏