Genesis - Dreaming While You Sleep

LYRICS:

In and out of darkness, in and out of sleep
Trying to keep my hands upon the wheel
Never saw the corner in the driving rain
I never saw her step into the street

Dreaming while you sleep
Dreaming while you sleep
Memories to keep
Dreaming while you sleep

I can never understand what went thru my mind
I didn't stop to see what I had done
Had to keep on driving deep into the night
The miles between would somehow put it right

Dreaming while you sleep
Dreaming while you sleep
Memories to keep
Dreaming while you sleep

All my life, you lie silently there
All my life in a world so unfair
All my life and only I'll know why
And it will live inside of me
I will never be free all my life
Trapped in her memory all my life
Till the day that you open your eyes
Please open your eyes

Dreaming while you sleep
Dreaming while you sleep

Heard it on the radio, saw it on TV
But could I take my secret to the grave
If I had another chance, would I do the same
Would I still deny that it was me

Dreaming while you sleep
Dreaming while you sleep
Dreaming while you sleep
Are you dreaming while you sleep?

All my life, I'll be haunted by
All my life, just one moment in time
All my life until the day I die
And it will live inside of me
Oh I will never be free all my life
Trapped in her memory all my life
Till the day that you open your eyes

All of my life, you lie silently there
All my life, in a world so unfair
All my life and only I'll know why
And it will live inside of me
I will never be free all my life
Trapped in her memory all my life
Till the day that you open your eyes

Category:

Music

Tags:

• genesis
• dreaming
• while
• you
• sleep
• we
• can't
• dance
• 1991
• phil
• collins
• mike
• rutherford
• tony
• banks
• instrumental
• karaoke
• song

[ahfaxthis]

PHIL COLLINS and his ability to craft music into stories of real life was and is just brilliant. He's nearly 60 years old now and retired. His career spans more than 3 decades of music the planet will NEVER forget. Thank you Mr. Collins. I love you and what you gave to my own personal world. At last count, I know more than 140 songs of yours and like them. I do dislike that stupid song Illegal alien tune. It has no flow to it.  But the rest of your music is pure GENUIS and this song too !

[emmathomson13]

i just adore this song!

G-great

E-excellent

N-nice

E-enchanting

S-strong

I-intence

S-spectacular

[intelligentignorance]

@WagTheDoug So by your judgment, anyone that happens to have the same phrase, choice of words, or sequence of rhythm is ripping off someone else (even though the lyrics are NOT the same here)?

[jensen91865]

I REMEMBER WHEN THIS SONG CAME OUT NOBODY WANTED TO HEAR IT AND NOBODY LIKED IT!!!!! DREAMING WHILE YOU SLEEPS SAYS IT ALL!!!!!

[Morality124]

@jensen91865 Actually, there is Genesis without those two. Screaming in all caps doesn't make your subjective statement any more valid. Also, by your definition, Trespass was not a "Genesis" album, nor was any album without Gabriel. Whatever dude...

[Morality124]

@jensen91865 Yawn...

[ThePushthetempo]

It brings tears to my eyes!:(

[jensen91865]

NO HACKETT, NO GABRIEL, NO GENESIS!!!!

[VersaMusic]

@ahfaxthis the lyrics to this one were written by Mike Rutherford...

[41wanderer]

all my life this music will live inside of me for ever....what a song

[xassxass]

This is the best text ever - the line "dreaming while you sleep" keeps alternating totally threw the song.

Best ever. A twisting nightmare.

[Burbridge92]

@ahfaxthis I agree with you except I feel making a comment directed at Phil on a Genesis video is not accurately displaying the effect they all had on music. They all played a huge part in this (arguably Tony and Mike did more), and without Genesis Phil's solo career would never have been as it was. Also, as if to demonstrate my point, the lyrics to this song were written by Mike Rutherford, so it is Mike who crafted this story, not Phil. ;)