She dreams in color

Tremor Andronicus

btw: red in dreams is often associated with anger and passion.

KCPJFan

my thought is the dreaming part is while she is awake, thinking.......the fact that the color is red is the anger she has for her situation and life with this man.....

Abookamongstthemany

I've always thought that 'she dreams in color, she dreams in red' was refering to her desire and yearning for something much more than what she is settling for. She tells him and everyone else that she really loves him but he just isn't enough to truly fill her void. She used to love him but now feels trapped. I think he actually was good to her but still just not enough to make her truly happy, hence 'can't find a better man'. But of course I could be wrong.

decides2dream

Abookamongstthemany wrote:

I've always thought that 'she dreams in color, she dreams in red' was refering to her desire and yearning for something much more than what she is settling for. She tells him and everyone else that she really loves him but he just isn't enough to truly fill her void. She used to love him but now feels trapped. I think he actually was good to her but still just not enough to make her truly happy, hence 'can't find a better man'.

this has always been absolutely my interpretation as well, and it is obvious to some the personal affinity/love i have for this song....and these lines in particular.......;)

Freak

i have insomnia, but i remember exactly my past dreams,i had dream in color,in black and white and sometimes i had dreams of just one color, like everything it's yellow and the people or things around are like red and vice versa...pretty weird, and i had dream with music too...

Erik

It is said that if you dream i colors you are in love.......
I guess this is ironi in "Betterman"...

not_a_patriot

hi!
first of all i'd like to apologize for my english but i'll do my best.
i always dream in colour, at least i think so.

and my interpretation of betterman is quite different.
i always think of the chorus (i hope this word means "Refrain" as it is in german in english) and the important aspect for me is that the girl or the woman lies. she doesn't say the truth, not to her friends, her family, not to anyone.
"she lies and says she's in love with him
can't find a betterman..."
for me this is just hard to take. the only reason why she's his girlfriend is that there's no man in her life who could do it better.
if there was anyone who could give her more, love who was able to treat her better, who could "make her DREAMS come true" she would go with him.

so in my view both of the characters don't act right but there's more guilt on the girl's shoulders

thanks for having read this
bye

Off_EK_Goes

Good first post. Welcome to The Pit!

ISN

i read somewhere that its a rela gift to dream with music because its supposed to be very rare

thanks.....I always dredge a song up from my unconscious even when I'm awake which relates to the situation at hand......the other morning I had this great dream......in colour.....and the soundtrack of the dream was 'I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, that the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had'.......my dreams are a godsend at the moment.....they keep me sane.......I think German people have a word for a song which is in your dreams or in your ear translated to 'ear worm' or 'ear warmer' I've heard two different versions of the translation.....I had a song by PJ as the soundtrack to a dream the other morning......I'm a big dreamer......

DarkStar

Bibliobella wrote:

Astrotravel is in color. You can go to different times and places in your dreams it's like soul traveling. Non-travel dreams are more likely in muted tones, so I read.

reminds me of a three fish song...and all that astral projection I've experienced...

Found A Window [size=-2]by three fish[/size]

My voice has lingered
Inside this whole town
Ruin
But I found a way to make my soul travel
And it comes to you
Like a fire inside him
He didn't know where it came from
But it made him weep
And melt
Like a candle, she said
You dance so well
Coming back to yourself
Come to myself
Coming back to myself
Come back to yourself

Oh, and I only dream in color.

ds

DarkStar

not sure if this was said yet because i haven't finished reading all the replies...

to me the "she dreams in color, she dreams in red" lyric imparts the notion of the want (need) for a life that is more complete/full (in color as opposed to black and white)...a life in which love (often represented by the color red) has a place.

so, she dreams of a more meaningful life that is filled with love...which she doesn't have with "him."

ds

covin

This is like the most famous song Ed's ever written, and he's talked a lot about what it means...it's pretty obvious if you think about his past. It's about his mother not wanting to split up with Ed's stepfather because she's too afraid to do it even though he's an asshole. Betterman was one of Ed's first songs, but never made it to an album until Vitalogy.

I thought everyone knew that.

I also dream in color with music...never thought it was all that rare.

DarkStar

covin wrote:

This is like the most famous song Ed's ever written, and he's talked a lot about what it means...it's pretty obvious if you think about his past. It's about his mother not wanting to split up with Ed's stepfather because she's too afraid to do it even though he's an asshole. Betterman was one of Ed's first songs, but never made it to an album until Vitalogy.

I thought everyone knew that.

I also dream in color with music...never thought it was all that rare.

okay, well...i don't think anyone's debating the meaning of the whole song...the debate seems to me to be about what specifically the lyric "she dreams in color, she dreams in red" means...well, okay.

ds

STXLAX

The line "She dreams in color. She dreams in red" in my opinion refers to a climatic experience such as a Greek Catharsis. At the moment of catharsis, oppisites come together. Blood is shed. The individual experiences a moment of empathy or enlightenment. I think that in her dreams, this girl realizes stuff. She dreams of something better.

Betterman308

I agree with Darkstar, that when dreaming "in colour" it reminds me of that movie Pleasantville, where everyone is black and white until they see how good life can be in colour. She wants to live in colour.
And red symbolises the love she longs for.