The beginning sounds like Deemo all alone and when the music starts to pick up a little bit(0:20) is when the little girl falls through the window. Then Deemo and the little girl meet each other(0:40). At the part where we hear this public place is transitioning out the window the girl came from and showing us the hospital where the paramedics are leading her into the ER from the crash. When the public sounds go away is transitioning back into the girl’s dream. The girl and Deemo go through the whole entire mysterious castle together, hence the adventurous music(1:35). So they go through the who storyline in the game during this period. When the second time the public noises play again its transitioning back out again giving more detail that shes in her hospital room, still unconscious, then again, goes back into her dream. Around 3:38 is when the girl is on the platform thats headed to the window with her memory playing back to what happen to her and her brother. When it hits that quiet part at the end, its when she has woken up from her coma, looks out of the hospital room window and then kneels cries on the floor. Hence why its call Dream because it tells the story of her dream in a sense.
Dreams are seeds that you plant during your life, they never die, they can take weeks to be a beautiful flower or years to become a giant tree... If it isn't realized yet, it's because it's root is getting deeper and deeper so when they become a great tree full of leaves, not even a storm will make it fall down. looking like it's too late doesn't mean it is. Your dreams got their roots deep in the earth, now make them grow no matter what, just do it.
+Iago Mota I also agree with that, throughout my while life I had amazing and slightly crazy dreams, but many people held me down, even teachers at my school all said that dream isn't possible for a person with an I.Q that low. but I've always felt like something was on my back that's been on for ever, and when I turn Around their angel wings, giving me more and more hope each and everyfay
GengarMaster 152 Nothing is impossible, bro. A few years ago having cancer was certain death, being black used to mean that you would be a slave. Now, look at nowdays, what do we see? If such big problems that affected tons of people were solved, why some personal problems coldn't? Are there any dreams? If the answer is yes, well, you have the sky, now just find some wings and fly bro. If there's no wings.. well... We still have airplanes. Sorry for my terrible english, i'm gettin better.
Still coming back, after a whole year I‘m a full-fledge adult with a job now But this piece still got special place in my heart Just like the first time I heard it
Me too, at the time I was still at college and severely depressed. Back then I made impulsive purchase of Deemo (before bit was free) and I'm glad I did it. Got myself worked out, the music is very inspiring. I drop out of college and start working here and there but finally right now I got decent job at great company as coloring artist. Perhaps if I didn't do impulsive purchase of Deemo probably I will not be here at my office. I still didn't get college degree tho.
Karen Straborvsky Sometimes, Skills , Achievement and Experience can be far more greater asset than degree, I think you did a good job, no need to doubt your decision.
This was the first thing I ever animated. I heard it in Deemo, and wanted to make something. It was kinda bad, and I was using a special effects software instead of an animation software. But. Even now, that little thing sticks. I still look at that old thing and think... This is beautiful. I got to connect, in some small way, to this piece. And that... that is really nice. Whenever I'm struggling with a creative project I use this to remind myself of that feeling...
most of the time when u hear people talking, mumblings and mur murs loudly in the public u would feel annoying right? but in this song, the people talking in the background, instead of annoying u it makes u feel something. this song have a really good meanings in it and i can feel it. i have a theory that this song is telling a story of a man's life. this man has never accoplish anything in his life but he works really hard. the people talking in the background may ressembled when he accomplish the greatest things in his life. unluck, no one care in the end he loses all his hopes and became an emotionless man.
To me it sounds rather like people urgently doing surgery in an operating room, given the clock ticking and snipping sounds. And if you consider this is the very start of the deemo story, when Alice and Hans just got hit, this might be Hans’ or Alice’s subconscious
Idk why but it reminds me of being in a café sitting next to a big window with sunshine coming trough sipping some coffee while hesring all the people chat
I find myself listening to this song every time i feel empty. Since i don't do any other type of addictions(drugs, alchohol, nicotine, etc.), i cope with music. Due to my religion, i'm deprived to most things other people do. But with this piece of music..? I feel like i don't deserve this despite my sufferings.. this song makes me move. This song gives me purpose. A purpose not for my wellbeing. But to suffer more. To feel more. But most of all, to be alive more. I'm content everytime i listen to this song. Thank you "Deemo", if i haven't found you, i might have died already.
The first time i heard this i was 14, fast forward to 4 years later and it's like it's a completely different song with a completely different meaning. I wish i could feel the hope and liveliness i felt back then, now it only makes me want to go back to my childhood more than anything. I hope it gets better in 4 more years.
When I first played this game, I was 14 and it was in the same year you wrote that comment, 4 years until today, I wish I could relive playing this game like I did for the first time. Time flies I guess and I hope all of us the best.
Like all things in this world, beauty is of the moment. A flower is only beautiful because it only blooms for that one moment, that one moment alone until a new flower takes it's place. Dreams are like flowers, beautiful and astonishing the moment they emerge and they slowly fade away at the coming of the next day. A bittersweet feeling, a joyful melody with such a quiet ending.
This came up on my homepage and I was so confused why I remembered the name deemo. As soon as I heard the first note I genuinely was taken back to 13 year old me in my bedroom playing this for the first time and absolutely falling in love with the song. I really needed to hear this song, it’s a piece of home for me. Now I have my own home and being taken back like this brings me nothing but joy. No amount of words can describe what this song is to me as I said the best word I can use for this whole song is Home. It feels like rushing downstairs to see my mum because dinner is ready. It feels like rushing to leave the house because I’m going to be late for school. It just feels right, it’s a period of time in my life I’ll never forget thanks to this song.
I think this is, by far, my favorite music. There's a meaning behind those piano and violin notes, they're not void like all the other songs you face everyday, every time. The song awakes something deep inside of me, like no other song can. It's just perfect.
Surprisingly easy mistake to make! That really just means that the celloist's really good at their job. And on your earlier comment, they did do a really good job at giving the harmony its own life.
Well you have a valid point, but you can hear what sounds like a tea cup being placed on a ceramic little plate. So I don't exactly know what those voices are really.
Crazy to think the first time I heard this I was 12. I mean I’m only 18 now but I’m about to move out and it’s been years since I heard this song, immediately brought tears to my eyes.
After 5 years, so much has changed since I last listened to this song... I can’t really put into words how I feel about this song but it truly is a masterpiece
Every now and then I forget that this song exists. But as the cello starts the song, memories come back again. And once again I am come back to "Dream".
My favorite instrument is the cello, but I had to give it up as I was transferred to a public school for 6th grade and onwards. Yeah, the instrument was adult sized so it was heavy for the me who was a kid and was a pain climbing four flights of stairs, but it is still a fond memory of mine. You and I have never met before, but we remember how this "Dream" begins.
+David M. I agree. There are a lot of people who consider songs with lyrics as music, but I have to disagree. Songs are like telling a story or a poem in a rhythmic fashion. Music like this allows you to experience what's happening in your own imagination, just like a story the mute can express.
I agree that it's good, but keep in mind what music is. Music is any form of art or expression through sound and use of melody and/or rhythm. People who go for that whole "real vs fake music" label are just pretentious and come off as annoying to everyone. Accept that people won't always share your tastes and that's ok. I might not like modern pop, but I don't go around saying it's objectively bad or that it's not music, which it is. So I expect people to do the same with my music, even if my taste is a little non-conventional. TLDR: Respect other people even if you have different taste.
The most beautiful song in Deemo in my opinion. It's the first song and gives you the vibe that you expect from such an elegant and sad game. I loved this song from beginning to end. There's an emotion behind the music and the melody just makes it both sound sad, as if you're longing for something but also happy and hopeful that you'll achieve it. This is an absolute masterpiece.
This masterpiece gives me a picture of my passed away grandpa. Old days when me and him go to market together, do a sandcastle at the beach and everything else. I'm still sad that I didn't with him when he died T T
IDK why, but this piece makes me feel so sad and nostalgic. Like I want to go back somewhere, but I don't know where that is. OMG I love Deemo so much.
This song makes me feel like a child. Stripped of all cynicism and forbidden knowledge, and left with nothing but the exciting anticipation of growing up and experiencing all the world has to offer... one day. My dreams are still alive.
Theres always something about this song that brings me back to it. Especially whenever im in tremendous pain. The constant pain of never feeling loved, the pain of feeling so unwanted, a second choice of a sort for anyone. This song makes me think of myself more. Whats my reason of being here? Do people love me enough to let me chase my dreams? Why do i have to fight for my dreams? I look at all those dreams i gained and lost, i hold onto them and they go. And im left with nothingness. Hatred and loniless. It sounds sad but this song brings me to comfort whenever i hear it. It makes me acknowledge all the pain i have had. The ones i currently have and will have. It doesnt fill the hole in my heart or the damage it has been given but it kinda stops the growth? Like it freezes it in time. Im going through some rough stuff now and this song has put me to more comfort now that ive listened to it again. Thank you Deemo and Rabpit for this masterpiece of a song
A narrative of this song: Huh? What's this? I...I don't know. I'm just here, in this blank space of my mind. Maybe...If I go here, it'll be different. No? Maybe here? Just a little. Oh, hello! I see other people. They're all moving, talking, doing something. They're not staying still, even for a second. Where does that leave me? Just by myself? That's okay. That's fine! I can watch. I'm good at it! I can hear every individual note, every intertwining sound that makes a song, I can see every color that makes a painting, a person, or even the air. Hey, I see them again! What are they doing? They look like they can't keep still. I...Wow! Look at it all! I can see everything, just moving around me. But...everything just stopped. Why? I'll never know. It's just...wow. Life, my life, it was so subtle, so short. and yet so impactful. Maybe I'll see them later, tomorrow, on a day I forget. I have to go, but I promise I'll see you again! Bye! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Feel free to tell me if this sucked, I'm no Shakespeare...
That's right! Practice makes perfect. :) As for me, the song makes me think of a child looking at the people walking around in a busy cafe or restaurant. The clock while the people chatter is the time passing while the child and their family wait for their meal.
Cesar Quinones Yeah, I was somewhat thinking along those lines. I imagined a child that likes to observed the world, and went on a small adventure before returning home. Or something like that.
this is what i'm feeling from the song: the song tells us about our yet NOT achieved dreams,the melody is ironic that is for reminding us for our struggles when hoping for that one dream. the crowd of people that is like talking to us for me is like other people,commenting and badmouthing us.
Good gosh, it has been 8 years. And it still able to give me the tears, I feel the song much more deeper as time passes, and as I return to it every time to hear it once more.
First time i hear this song is when i playing Deemo, about 7 years ago, i cried alot, don"t know why 🤔 this song so good, always have a place for this in my heart and my mind. Sorry for my bad english
This is the first song that i heard on Deemo when i first started, and looking back since this was three years ago (combined with how awesome a cello is) it's really beautiful yet emotional to hear something so nostalgic and beautiful again.
I see your channel hasn't been active for a long time, Rabpit, but I'm commenting to let you know that, even years later, this song has left an incredible impact on me. The beauty in this song, and your others, will never be forgotten. Whenever I need to relax, sleep, think, or *dream* this song gets added to my playlists, and I know many others feel the same way. I hope whatever you're doing now makes you very happy. For this gift alone, you deserve all the happiness in the world. Thank you.
That bgm of crowd’s noise, time ticking down, footprints, is what hit me the most. Spoiler** Especially since its about Alice’s coma from the truck that hit her, thats what she’s hearing during her sleep.
Very good version from the original. I love how this one didnt immediately transition to the civilians talking in mandarin but played an extra beautiful part. I like how few instruments can make a great song like this one, love the little flute at the end :)
i just downloaded the app. this song made me cry i have no idea why. it makes me sad and then hopeful at the same time, it makes me feel like i should let go and stop and then run and hold on at the same time. this piece of beautiful music, lets not forget it.
It is certainly a beautiful piece, but even more beautiful is the ability to make you feel equal parts joy and pain, intermingled so well that it feels like a single feeling.
After I discovered this song back in early August through playing Deemo Reborn, my brain automatically play this song in my head every time I am in unwanted situation to keep me calm and focused ☺️
I can somehow imagine the scenes the song is trying to imply, but I seem to see the scenes shifting from scene to scene, each one being different, aaaaaaaaand afterwards, I see the POV turning up to the sky once the very last note is strung.
One of the finest pieces I've heard, honestly. Whenever I need to feel particularly feely to do art or write or whatever I chuck this on. It almost feels wrong not to put pen to paper (or keyboard to computer I suppose) after listening to this. It's just so... inspirational
God makes it possible. Thx for this song. Thx for everything, good things and "bad" things. Thx for this extraordinary world where lot of things are possible. Thx my God for loving us.
I want to cry because of this, legitimately. I love a good piece that can cause me to cry. It's honestly probably the best piece of musical artistry I've ever had the honor to listen to. It has everything I love about music. It has so much feeling and depth to it.
I'm here in 2017 but it still feels like the old day when the game just published in the store. What a great music. It has a magic to take my tear and smile at the same time.
Throughout the story and the song add together, i cant play without shedding a tear every time. It just warms the soul and would love to keep hearing this on repeat. Thank you for the extended full version. Deemo was my only music game next to ctyus, and Dream was the most touching song, both leaving joy and sadness in it.
+Corrupted Shade All deemo songs are sopuse to make new feelings that there are no way to explain it, so you can understand the real meaning of music, it's a way to get like... I Don't Know.. Music is music
this song just stops time and the notes makes my heart bit faster, like, in so many ways understands my feelings wether im sad or happy, is just so magical and pure, a morning after the rain, newspapers flying, a cafeteria, or a dance, or just staring at the sky, this song is just beautiful.
i first started listening to this when i first time heard it in my friend's game play. i was moved. i immediately thought that i want to listen to this everyday. that was before. my life before that was not full of problems, full of responsibility and was just a kid having a good time. now im grown. i have a lot of problems i need to face and now i need to take my life seriously. is my journey just beginning? or is this the end...
Aww.... Y pensar que unos simples notas de piano combinadas con un exquisito violín ; nos pueden expresar mas sentimientos que una persona real. Este mundo de la melódica musica que sin necesidad de palabras te diseño mucho y te ASE sentir tan tranquilo .... :)
this song leaves me with a sad imppresion although i can taste a bit of happiness in some parts... i don't know why but whenever i listen to this i imagine a broken love story... a girl falling in love slowly, she learns of him and love everybit of it, his flaws and virtues... she tries to reach him and tries to let him understand her love, but then reality strikes and she gets lost in a sea of people, she gets lost but then again she falls in the lies of love and its illusions... he is perfect for her but she cant reach him, she looks from the distance how he goes away, now she starts to feel the pain, the sadness and the despair, he doesn't care he doesn't lover her like she do so she goes away trying to forget, time goes by and she is hurt but walking in that reality once again, she doesn't look back, she can't anymore... suddenly he looks at her and realize then his mistake and tries to reach her running through her defenses and that wall full of people, his own wall of fears... but fate is evil and she is already gone... she won't look at him the same way as before, he realised he lost her forever and life is moving as always... she looks at him with hurtfull but happy eyes, she understood that the love she felt is never going to match his, and he understood that he lost the most valuable thing he could have ever had... true love
Kira Burns I’m actually in the process of writing one Until now I have uploaded like 8 chapters of a fan fiction I’m making So yeah... thank you for noticing my writing skills ❤️
I've come to the conclusion that this song is about sleep paralysis. For those of you that have had sleep paralysis, you know that sound... that feeling... like time itself has stopped, like for those few grueling seconds, the flow of time has forgotten you. That feeling that the world itself is moving on while you are there paralyzed in fear, unable to move. Those voices, like the ones you hear in this song, the entire collected voices of the planet living their lives. those voices... like a million people around you talking, but you can't make out what anyone is saying. That feeling like if you could just scream your distress to these voices, you could free yourself of this paralyzing fear, this fear... that feeling of being in danger and you are unable to help yourself... that feeling of complete hopelessness. Sleep paralysis is hands down one of the most terrible experiences I have ever had the misfortune of experiencing.
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