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Dreams (ft. Allanah Maarteen)

by Croom

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It's been said that we don't remember most of the dreams we have on any given night, which is perhaps why we impart so much weight and meaning on the ones we do remember. The symbols our subconscious projects onto the back of our eyelids could be prophetic, or they could be answers to long contemplated dilemmas, if only we could decipher their meaning, if only we could sift through the haze and absurdity and illogic. "I've got a dream of heaven," coos Allanah Maarteen on "Dreams," as Croom's instrumental establishes the dreamscape in airy electronics and anxious percussive tonal bursts, completing the phrase with "it looks a lot like this place," a statement that comes with the hint of a question about itself. What does it all mean? That the heaven glimpsed in dreams may look like here but it isn't this place and one gets the sense there are lots of other places that were similar enough too, but not quite there. When the chorus opens up like some celestial collaboration between The Cranberries and Yaz, the dream itself isn't any more clear, nor is heaven's actual location but one thing is: dreams don't need meaning or prophecy to matter, it's the impossible freedom they grant, the weightlessness, that makes them so memorable, more than any holdrum advice about everyday stress and troubles ever could.

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I got a dream of heaven
it looks a lot like this place
in panoramic curves
they look a lot like this place

crave
I feel you breathe

be my man
stay and hold my hand
fragile as the glass
break my heart
I'm better in the dark
shadow on your heart

loveless at the bar
god, it's cold where we are
and I hate it when you're gone

crave
I kneel at your feet

be my man
stay and hold my hand
fragile as the glass
break my heart
I'm better in the dark
shadow on your heart

we walk the street
so slowly, slowly
like a million breathing fires
I can't breathe
so slowly

your eyes
my hips
your hair
my lips
I'm gone
I'm gone
I'm gone
I'm gone

be my man
stay and hold my hand

fragile as the glass
break my heart
I'm better in the dark
shadow on your heart

and if you wanna be my man
if you wanna stay and hold my hand
fragile as a glass dove
we'll hold our breath
and call it real love

-Allanah Maarteen

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released November 5, 2021
Vox: Allanah Maarteen
Producer: Croom
Mixing: Aaron Jaques
Mastering: Chris Athens
Cover Art: Morgan Davis & PRXZM
©℗ Croom Records, LLC

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Austin-based electronic composer and producer creating aural cinemascapes.

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