When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
So she ran away in her sleep
Dreamed of para- para- paradise
Para- para- paradise
Para- para- paradise
Every time she closed her eyes
Whoa-oh-oh oh-oooh oh-oh-oh
When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
And the bullets catch in her teeth
Life goes on
It gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly
Every tear, a waterfall
In the night, the stormy night
She closed her eyes
In the night, the stormy night
Away she'd fly.
And dreamed of para- para- paradise
Para- para- paradise
Para- para- paradise
Whoa-oh-oh oh-oooh oh-oh-oh
She dreamed of para- para- paradise
Para- para- paradise
Para- para- paradise
Whoa-oh-oh oh-oooh oh-oh-oh.
So lying underneath those stormy skies.
She said oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh.
I know the sun must set to rise.
This could be para- para- paradise
Para- para- paradise
This could be para- para- paradise
Whoa-oh-oh oh-oooh oh-oh-oh.
Okay, so I really like this song. To me it's about growing up and realizing that the real world can sometimes be just as good as fantasy.
Running away in sleep, sounds to me like dreaming, or just imagining a perfect world. I think most kids use their imagination a lot when they're young, especially if they're going through a hard time in their life. I know I used to like to read a book or make up a story in my mind to escape from my problems. Sometimes I still do. Except now I write those stories on paper. The next part of the song seems to be about how the girl in the song was crushed down by the world and almost lost hope.
But then there's this part: "I know the sun must set to rise. This could be para- para- paradise." And that part of the song is like a realization: "hey, wait a minute. I'm imagining so many things, but the real world can be great too. I may be going through a hard time, but there's so much out there that really exists, and can really be explored."
Some people think then when you grow up, you realized how terrible the world really is. But this song is about realizing that even for all of the negative parts of the world, life still is amazing. This song makes me think of last school year, the first time I really stopped just imagining what could happen, and focused on what is happening, and how everything just fell into place.
And I'm not quite at that point this year, But I know that I will be. Soon, the sun will rise.
Here's the video, which I like, even though it doesn't have much to do with the song:
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