Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
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Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me Lyrics
*Coal miner strikers yell*
[Verse 1]
Last night I dreamt
That somebody loved me
No hope, no harm
Just another false alarm
Last night I felt
Real arms around me
No hope, no harm
Just another false alarm
[Verse 2]
So tell me how long
Before the last one
And tell me how long
Before the right one
[Bridge]
This story is old, I know
But it goes on
This story is old, I know
But it goes on
[Outro]
It goes on
And on
It goes on
And on
About
“Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me” is a slowpaced stringdriven ballad about loneliness that drips emotion.
The crux of the song comes with the end of a relationship, how their love felt so real and close and now they have nothing. Thus, the relationship becomes essentially a fleeting dream in their mind. The song also bears stark lyrical and sonic similarities to their heartbreaking ode “I Know It’s Over.”
I know it’s over, and it never really began
But in my heart it was so real
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Andre 3000, one half of hip-hop duo Outkast once revealed that he wished he had written this song:
I personally wish I would have written that Smiths' song ‘Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me.’ Genius song. This girl named Hannah in Atlanta turned me on to them. ‘Cause I was telling her that I loved the Hives and the Buzzcocks and she said, 'Hey, you need to check these guys out.’ [On the song] it’s this dude and he says, ‘Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me/ No hope, no harm, just another false alarm.’ So it’s like he had a relationship and then he woke up and he was like, ‘Damn, it was just a dream.’
When asked what his favorite track off of Strangeways, Here We Come was, Mike Joyce answered:
- 6.Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
