Early band interviews showed them to be a fun-loving bunch in contrast to their dark, lyrically pessimistic pop music. Guitarist Graeme Naysmith and drummer Chris Cooper described themselves as enthusiastic football fans and were perpetually excited about touring. Lead vocalist Ian Masters was often known to gratuitously lie in interviews, helping the group to successfully build up a certain party reputation.
In late 1990, the band added Meriel Barham, the original vocalist from Lush, as second guitarist and vocalist.
Ian Masters departed the band in 1993. By most accounts, he became more and more disenchanted with pop music and wanted to go in a more experimental direction with minimal drums and ambient sounds. He also seemed to have lost all joy for touring and live performance.
Pale Saints added former Heart Throbs bassist Colleen Browne in 1993. Meriel Barham departed in September of 1995 and the band eventually came to an end in early 1996, partly as a result of weak label support and relative lack of interest.
Ian Masters formed Spoonfed Hybrid, a duo who released a self titled album on the Guernica Label. Challenging and more experimental than Pale Saints releases.
Following the Spoonfed Hybrid Ian Masters and Warren Defever made an album together in Livonia, Michigan called 'ESP Summer'.
Shortly after Ian Masters moved to Japan, where he still lives. Material under the name 'Two Sun Tears' (a collaboration with Cailan Burns of Pretty Boy Crossover) has been released and Masters has been collaborating with musicians in Japan (Luminous Orange), Brazil (Gerador Zero) and America (Dive Index).
True Coming Dream
Pale Saints Lyrics
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? ? ? rushes on
And you think it's wrong
They're only in your head
Things you create
Just the empty shells
Of ? ? ? yesterdays
So you never breathe a word
Selfish (? ) with yourself
Until you break in two
? ? ? all you want to do
Until your dreams come true
Drugged sensibilities
Sketches I have made
? ? ?
? ? ?
? ? ?
? ? ? all you want to do
Until your dreams come true
The lyrics of Pale Saints's song True Coming Dream are poetically cryptic and ambiguous. The song seems to be about the concept of escapism and the power of dreams. The opening lines "Are you still here? Time rushes on, and you think it's wrong" suggest a feeling of dissatisfaction and a desire to escape. The next line, "They're only in your head, things you create," suggests that the singer believes that their problems are self-made and therefore not real. The line "just the empty shells of yesterdays" could be interpreted as a reference to the past and the idea that the past holds no weight in the present.
The second verse continues this theme of escapism and self-delusion. The lines "so you never breathe a word, selfish (? ) with yourself until you break in two" suggest that the singer is keeping their feelings and desires to themselves, which is slowly tearing them apart. The line "sketches I have made, of ? ? ? " is a little more ambiguous but suggests that the singer is creating mental images of what they want their life to be like. The final lines "drugged sensibilities, until your dreams come true" suggests that the singer is using their dreams to escape their current situation, but it's not entirely clear if this is a positive or negative thing.
Line by Line Meaning
Are you still here
Are you still present in this moment?
? ? ? rushes on
Time continues to move forward, perhaps faster than you would like.
And you think it's wrong
You feel that something is not quite right about the way things are going.
They're only in your head
Your worries and concerns are internal, rather than external.
Things you create
Your thoughts and fears are your own creations.
Just the empty shells
They lack substance or true meaning.
Of ? ? ? yesterdays
Those past experiences that you are still carrying with you.
So you never breathe a word
You keep your thoughts and emotions to yourself.
Selfish (? ) with yourself
This may suggest that keeping your feelings to yourself is a form of self-preservation.
Until you break in two
This could be interpreted as holding on to your emotions can cause you to eventually crack or snap under the pressure of it all.
? ? ? all you want to do
Not entirely clear what this line means, it is open to interpretation. This line suggests that there is something that you want to do, that perhaps is not possible due to the pressures of life.
Until your dreams come true
You are holding out for that moment when everything will fall into place and you will be able to achieve the things you've been dreaming of.
Drugged sensibilities
Perhaps this line is suggestive of feeling overwhelmed, out of control, or disconnected from oneself.
Sketches I have made
This may refer to the ideas or plans you have come up with, though they may not yet be fully-formed.
? ? ?
Not clear what this line means, it is open to interpretation.
? ? ?
Not clear what this line means, it is open to interpretation.
? ? ? all you want to do
The repeated line from earlier in the song, still signaling that there is something that you want to achieve.
Until your dreams come true
Repeating the final line of the song again suggests that the entire song is about waiting and hoping for the moment that everything will finally align in order to achieve your goals.
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