A Dream within a Dream - Alan Parsons Project

"Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Edgar Allan Poe" (Narration Orson Welles)

For my own part, I have never had a thought
Which I could not set down in words
With even more distinctness that which I conceived it.
There is however a class of fancies of exquisite delicacy
Which are not thoughts and to which as yet
I have found it absolutely impossible to adapt to language.
These fancies arise in the soul,
Alas how rarely, only at epochs
Of most intense tranquillity
When the bodily and mental health are in perfection.
And those mere points of time
When the confines of the waking world
Blend with the world of dreams.
And so I captured this fancy
Where all that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

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[Walt Fechter]

Magnificent! Orson Welles' narration is superb! A million thanks to you for posting this gem! Thank you, Alan Parsons Project!

[Walt Fechter]

Sure, Poe was into opiates, but, even without drugs, Poe understood the thin veil that separates dreams and reality. I believe that dreams are signals from another dimension (that some might call Heaven). Dreams could also be viewed as bits of unfinished business regarding the concious world. Love this video and music -- brilliant concepts!

[Ez TheElf]

Can you hear your heartbeat? Can you feel your soul.. Don't you feel immortal? March on, March on, Nothing can stop you now.

[realmckay29]

god damn, i love this music

[Ben Spanjaart]

fantastic video with a fantastic song, one of my favourite APP songs.

saw them live on march 29th in Heerlen The Netherlands .

and what a great performance ....

The APP pulled me through the 80's

still the most inspiring band in the world!

[wichitarick]

Is a good way to describe living with a seizure disorder. similar to poems me & others write about near death or auras or out of body experiences.being awake & dreaming or seeing yourself as another person. is a fine line of reality & the edge.the separation of mind & body ,or seeing ,feeling it disconnected can be described such as this. or religious,satanic,my DREAM WITHIN A DREAM, IS my reality,comes & goes with power at it's own will. If I wake up is it reality? it's near. Rick Wichita ks.

[TrytheGreenOne]

your choice of imagery was actually good

[Feres Ridha Ben Nasrallah]

the raven after that

[tele vic huetamo]

perfect



[rossen gergov]

A perfect match, a favourite writer/poet/critic and a favourite band!

[elmetroestalleno]

I love progressive rock *-* it takes me to places in my brain that I could never find without that music