Time Distortion is a concept album. The sound is Progressive /Symphonic Rock . Influences that can be detected are Pink Floyd, Queen, King Crimson and a hint of ELP.
various projects include Classic Albums Live and Druckfarben.
https://ucmusic4.bandcamp.com/album/time-distortion
A Dream Within a Dream
U.C. Lyrics
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Watching a green star
Thinking about the immediate future
Smoking a final cigar
The autopilot is running the ship
I turn off the light
And go to bed for 27 years
Close my eyes
Fall asleep
Feeling strange
Into the deep
All of a sudden, we're under attack
My daughter is aiming at me
I wake up, jump into my car
And watch a little TV
Hold on a second, what's going on?!
I don't have any kids or a wife!
I was on a trip to another planet
I don't recognize this life
My first time
In a cryo-bed
No side-effects
So they said
Dream within a dream
Inside my head
It's so extreme
The things I've seen
How could it be
But a dream within a dream?
The lyrics of U.C.'s song A Dream Within A Dream describe the experience of a person who falls into a deep sleep and enters into a dream within a dream. The first verse paints a scene where the person stands by the window, watching a green star, and thinks about the immediate future. Smoking a final cigar, the person's autopilot is running the ship, and they turn off the light and go to bed for 27 years that will feel like one night. The person proceeds to fall asleep and is suddenly under attack with their daughter aiming at them. The person wakes up from this dream within a dream, jumps into their car, and watches some TV. But the person realizes that they don't have any kids or a wife, and they were on a trip to another planet.
The second verse reveals that the person was in a cryo-bed for the first time and was told there are no side-effects. The dream within a dream was so extreme, and the person witnessed strange things. The person ponders how this could all be but a dream within a dream.
Line by Line Meaning
Standing by the window
Positioned beside the window
Watching a green star
Observing a green celestial body
Thinking about the immediate future
Contemplating the upcoming events that are near
Smoking a final cigar
Lighting up the last cigarette before the end
The autopilot is running the ship
The machine is driving the vessel
I turn off the light
Switching off the light source
And go to bed for 27 years
Retiring to slumber for almost three decades
That will feel like one night
Perception of a single evening
Close my eyes
Shutting eyelids
Fall asleep
Drift into unconsciousness
Feeling strange
Sensing a peculiar sensation
Into the deep
Descent into a profound state of sleep
All of a sudden, we're under attack
Unexpectedly, an assault is underway
My daughter is aiming at me
My progeny is pointing a firearm in my direction
I wake up, jump into my car
Abruptly awaken, get in the vehicle
And watch a little TV
Gaze at some television programming briefly
Hold on a second, what's going on?!
Wait a moment, what is happening?
I don't have any kids or a wife!
A lack of offspring or spouse
I was on a trip to another planet
I was voyaging to a different celestial body
I don't recognize this life
I don't identify with this existence
My first time
Initial experience
In a cryo-bed
A bed providing cryonic preservation
No side-effects
Absent of adverse outcomes
So they said
As communicated by another
Dream within a dream
A sleeping encounter within a sleeping encounter
Inside my head
Contained within my mind
It's so extreme
It's exceedingly intense
The things I've seen
The sights I've encountered
How could it be
Incredulity at the circumstances
But a dream within a dream?
A speculation on the nature of perception
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ALEXANDER HOFMAN, CHRISTER HERMODSSON, JARMO OLLILA
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