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"Dreaming Wide Awake"
"Dreaming Wide Awake"
Single by Poets of the Fall
from the album Twilight Theater
Released	January 21, 2010
Length	4:23
Label	Insomniac
BPM	151
Key	G♯/A♭; F (Live in Moscow)
Producer(s)	Poets of the Fall
Poets of the Fall singles chronology

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Dreaming Wide Awake

Track 1 on Twilight Theater

War

Track 2

War

Dreaming Wide Awake debuted on Radio NRJ Suomi on 21st January 2010 and was released as a limited-edition single on 3rd February, reaching #18 on the Finnish single charts. A music video was released shortly after on 9th February, directed by Oskari Sipola.

The following month, Dreaming Wide Awake was included as the first track on Twilight Theater, the fourth album by Poets of the Fall.

The track was used as the live opener for most of the Ultraviolet Tour, coming off the back of Whatever You Do, Don't Scream. This wasn't the case with the first two tour dates though with Dancing on Broken Glass used as the opener instead. It's unknown why this was changed.

In 2020, Dreaming Wide Awake was performed live and unplugged by Marko, Olli, Jaska and Jani as the April entry of the Alexander Theatre Sessions.

Single track listing

All tracks are written by Poets of the Fall

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dreaming Wide Awake (Radio Edit)"	3:39
2.	"Dreaming Wide Awake (Album Version)"	4:23

Lyrics

Too late, the melody is over
The joke seems to be on me cos I'm the one not laughing
Down here on the floor

Deflate, the mystery of living
In the most heartless fashion I could ever imagine
No pretense of decor

Another place and time, without a great divide
And we could be flying deadly high
I'll sell my soul to dream you wide awake

Another place and time, without a warning sign
And we could be dying angel style
I'll sell my soul to dream you wide awake

I'll dream you... wide awake

With me, disaster finds a playfield
Love seems to draw dark, twisted pleasure tearing at me
Cos I can't let you go

Mercy, like water in a desert
Shine through my memory like jewelry in the sun
Where are you now

Another place and time...

I'll dream you... wide awake

It's like I'm racing to the sun, blindly face the blazing gun
Cos I'm afraid I will be left here without you
Like I'm racing not to run, give more when I have none
Cos I'm afraid I will be left here without you... wide awake

Another place and time...

I'll dream you... wide awake

Physical Releases

CD (front)
CD (back)

Merchandise

Dreaming Wide Awake Coffee

Music Video Credits

Director & editor - Oskari Sipola
Cinematographer - Joonas Pulkkanen
Gaffer - Aleksi Ahonen
Makeup artist - Anet Rilanto
1st camera assistant - Aarne Tapola
Grip - Mika Tervonen
Script supervisor - Kaisla Viitala
Producer - Mikko Laine
Starring Kai Bäckström, Jemina Sillanpää and Marko Saaresto^[1]

Trivia

The single's insert copyright statement ends with "Yeah right." The disk's copyright ends with "Somebody slap me."

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-'''Dreaming Wide Awake''' is the lead single and first track on [[Poets of the Fall]]'s 2010 fourth album [[Twilight Theater]].
+'''Dreaming Wide Awake''' debuted on Radio NRJ Suomi on 21st January 2010 and was released as a limited-edition single on 3rd February, reaching #18 on the Finnish single charts. A music video was released shortly after on 9th February, directed by [[Oskari Sipola]].
+{{#ev:youtube|f2-HOaIO7Wg|300|left}}
+The following month, Dreaming Wide Awake was included as the first track on [[Twilight Theater]], the fourth album by [[Poets of the Fall]].
+The track was used as the live opener for most of the [[Ultraviolet Tour]], coming off the back of [[Whatever You Do, Don't Scream]]. This wasn't the case with the first two tour dates though with [[Dancing on Broken Glass]] used as the opener instead. It's unknown why this was changed.
+In 2020, Dreaming Wide Awake was performed live and unplugged by [[Marko Saaresto|Marko]], [[Olli Tukiainen|Olli]], [[Jaska Mäkinen|Jaska]] and [[Jani Snellman|Jani]] as the April entry of the [[Alexander Theatre Sessions]].
+==Single track listing==
+{{tracklist
+| all_writing     = [[Poets of the Fall]]
+| title1          = Dreaming Wide Awake (Radio Edit)
+| length1         = 3:39
+| title2          = Dreaming Wide Awake (Album Version)
+| length2         = 4:23
+}}
+==Lyrics==
+<blockquote>
+Too late, the melody is over<br/>
+The joke seems to be on me cos I'm the one not laughing<br/>
+Down here on the floor<br/>
+Deflate, the mystery of living<br/>
+In the most heartless fashion I could ever imagine<br/>
+No pretense of decor<br/>
+Another place and time, without a great divide<br/>
+And we could be flying deadly high<br/>
+I'll sell my soul to dream you wide awake<br/>
+Another place and time, without a warning sign<br/>
+And we could be dying angel style<br/>
+I'll sell my soul to dream you wide awake<br/>
+I'll dream you... wide awake<br/>
+With me, disaster finds a playfield<br/>
+Love seems to draw dark, twisted pleasure tearing at me<br/>
+Cos I can't let you go<br/>
+Mercy, like water in a desert<br/>
+Shine through my memory like jewelry in the sun<br/>
+Where are you now<br/>
+Another place and time...<br/>
+I'll dream you... wide awake<br/>
+It's like I'm racing to the sun, blindly face the blazing gun<br/>
+Cos I'm afraid I will be left here without you<br/>
+Like I'm racing not to run, give more when I have none<br/>
+Cos I'm afraid I will be left here without you... wide awake<br/>
+Another place and time...<br/>
+I'll dream you... wide awake
+</blockquote>
+== Physical Releases ==
+<gallery>
+DWACDFront.jpg|CD (front)
+DWACDBack.jpg|CD (back)
+</gallery>
+== Merchandise ==
+<gallery widths=150 heights=150 perrow=6>
+File:CoffeeDWA.jpg|link=Dreaming Wide Awake Coffee|Dreaming Wide Awake Coffee
+</gallery>
+== Music Video Credits ==
+* Director & editor - Oskari Sipola
+* Cinematographer - Joonas Pulkkanen
+* Gaffer - Aleksi Ahonen
+* Makeup artist - Anet Rilanto
+* 1st camera assistant - Aarne Tapola
+* Grip - Mika Tervonen
+* Script supervisor - Kaisla Viitala
+* Producer - Mikko Laine
+* Starring Kai Bäckström, Jemina Sillanpää and [[Marko Saaresto]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161001183149/http://oldschool.poetsofthefall.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=291694 archived]</ref>
+== Trivia ==
+* The single's insert copyright statement ends with "Yeah right." The disk's copyright ends with "Somebody slap me."
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