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Dream Numbness

from I Want! I Want! by Moon Moon Moon

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In dreams, your brain makes you believe that you’re living it. When you wake up, you are like “What, that was ridiculous! How could I not have noticed that was a dream?”

After the big realization that everything in life is weird (thanks, Neutral Milk Hotel, “How strange it is to be anything at all”) I thought about how the brain does the same thing when you’re awake. Everything is weird but we don’t notice, because we’re numbed, like in dreams!

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Goodnight, my lovely planet.
My bed might make you feel flat.
And I’ll blindly believe that you are.
And so you are.

Goodnight, my lovely little humans.
My rapid eye movement might turn you into clouds and ghosts.

Goodnight, my lovely sunrise.
My dark room might make the cloudless days feel cold.

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from I Want! I Want!, released February 11, 2014

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Moon Moon Moon Utrecht, Netherlands

Since recording under the moniker Moon Moon Moon, Mark Lohmann has been known for his bold, endlessly witty, and shockingly sincere bedroom folk. Initially, Lohmann’s homespun songs channeled feelings of alienation and desire in abstract fashion, drawing comparisons to artists such as Phil Elverum, Sufjan Stevens, Conor Oberst and Elliott Smith. ... more

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