Dosen got her start in 1994 with the band Virus, an ambient techno group whose debut album Analogue was considered groundbreaking in the Christian trance music scene. In 2002, Dosen released her first solo album Ghosts, Mice & Vagabonds. The ethereal self-produced work received rave reviews, with Billboard Magazine choosing Dosen as one of the top six independent musicians in the Midwest for 2003.
Dosen joined Massive Attack as a lead vocalist in June 2008. In 2009 she formed the group Snowbird with Simon Raymonde.
Dosen was amongst the nominess at the 2009 NME Awards for 'Sexiest Female' Award, losing to Hayley Williams of Paramore.
One day while sifting through flotsam in the attic, Stephanie found an old guitar covered in dust. It was her secret prize. During the feather harvest, when everyone was busy, Stephanie would sneak up into the attic to compose songs for boys at school. She also wrote many lullabies for her two favorite pets, a swan and a fox. Stephanie now writes mostly for ghosts with a rusty tape player named jean-pierre that follows her everywhere. She has made it through 7 states and 2 minor sets of injuries but still holds onto her twilight written songs with happiness. The influence of the nightly peacock mewing and swan swimming can still be heard in her music. Her new record a lily for the spectre is filled with driving cradlesongs for ghosts gone astray. She has teamed horses with Simon Raymonde (Bella Union Records, Cocteau Twins) who blesses a lily for the spectre with bass and filigree sounds for lost peacocks.
Daydreamers
Stephanie Dosen Lyrics
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Again only in our minds
Filling up the time we lost
Before we said goodbye
We are daydreamers, we are invincible
And we're mad from all the longing, we feel
You'll find us in the garden just imagining it's real
Flowers like fingers are holding us here
The half moon has a tale to tell
Of what she has become
What was new, was torn in two
But time will bring the sun
We are daydreamers, we are invincible
And we're mad from all the longing, we feel
You'll find us in the garden just imagining it's real
Growing in silence and watered by tears
Flowers like fingers are holding us here
The opening verse of Stephanie Dosen's Daydreamers suggests that the singer thinks about an earlier time that was lost before they parted ways. Though they are genuinely alone, they are entirely lost in deep contemplation, lost in their minds. They are present physically but their minds are wandering, imagining the past and what was lost before they said goodbye. The second verse refers to the dreamlike state of the daydreamers who are engrossed in their thoughts. They seem unstoppable, but their obsession with past thoughts and emotions are driving them mad.
In the chorus, Dosen repeats that "we are daydreamers," and this seems to be both a self-awareness statement and a description of her state of mind. The imagery of being caught up in the beauty of nature while one’s mind is overtaken by emotions creates a poignant atmosphere. The daydreamers are lost in their own world where they find comfort through their imagination. The final verse introduces the image of a half-moon, the singer suggests that though something was lost, time and self-reflection will inevitably draw out new beginnings.
Line by Line Meaning
We are standing in the rain
We are lost in our own thoughts, like standing in the rain.
Again only in our minds
We are reliving past experiences in our minds.
Filling up the time we lost
We are using our imagination to fill up the time we wasted in the past.
Before we said goodbye
Before we parted ways and said our final goodbyes.
We are daydreamers, we are invincible
We have the power to imagine things and feel invincible through it.
And we're mad from all the longing, we feel
We feel intense emotions from our deepest desires.
You'll find us in the garden just imagining it's real
We can be found in our imagination, immersed in a garden which we picture as real.
Growing in silence and watered by tears
Our thoughts are growing in stillness and are being fueled by our tears of joy or sorrow.
Flowers like fingers are holding us here
Our dreams are keeping us grounded and holding us in place like fingers of a hand holding a flower.
The half moon has a tale to tell
The moon has a story to share.
Of what she has become
Of the changes that she has undergone.
What was new, was torn in two
What was once fresh and new has been separated or broken apart.
But time will bring the sun
But time will heal and eventually bring happiness.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: STEPHANIE JO DOSEN
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