I heard the sound of voices in the night
Spellbound there was someone calling
I looked around no one was in sight
Pulled down I just kept on falling
I've seen this place before
You were standing by my side
I've seen your face before tonight
Maybe I just see what I want it to be
I know it's a mystery
Do you remember me on a street of dreams
Running through my memory
On the street of dreams
There you stood a distant memory
So good like we never parted
Said to myself I knew you'd set me free
And here we are right back where we started
Something's come over me
And I don't know what to feel
Maybe this fantasy is real
Now I know I see what I want it to be
But it's still a mystery
Do you remember me on the street of dreams
Running through my memory
On the street of dreams
You are on every face I see
On the street of dreams
SOLO
Tell me have you always been
On the street of dreams
Will we ever meet again my friend
Do you know just what it meand to be
On the street of dreams
Never know just who you'll see do ya
On the street of dreams
You can be who you want to be oh yeah
I can hear you calling me
I can feel you haunting me
Haunting me
chinese democracy'nin 12 yılda tamamlanan bir albüm olduğuna inanmak için kanıt niteliğindeki şarkı.
parçanın piyano, gitar ve davul düzenlemeleri o kadar profesyonellik kokuyor ki bu bir takım müzikte doğallık arayışında olan bünyeleri rahatsız edecek olsa da bütünlük bakımından çok başarılı olmuş.
parçanın taşıdığı ruh 90'lar hard rock balatlarıyla birebir örtüşüyor nerdeyse. 2008 yılında bir adamın çıkıp böyle şarkı bestelemesi beklenemez doğrusu.
insan dinlerken iyi ki bu albüm bu kadar geç çıkmış ve biz de bu şarkıyı bu haliyle dinleyebilmişiz diyor. geçmişe özlemi körükleyerek..
axl rose'un en iyi vokal örneklerinden birinin duyulabileceği şarkı. solosu ve introsu da pek hoştur. hatta chinese democracy gibi tuhaf introları olan albümde çölde bir vaha niteliğindedir.
sözleri şu şekilde olan, chinese democracy'nin fikrimce en iyi şarkısıdır.
all the love in the world
couldn't save you
all the innocence inside
you know i tried so hard to make you
oh, to make you change your mind
and it hurts too much to see you
and how you left yourself behind
you know i wouldn't want to be you
now there's a hell i can't describe
so now i wander through my days
and try to find my ways
to the feelings that i felt
i saved for you and no one else
and though as long as this road seems
i know it's called the street of dreams
but that's not stardust on my feet
it leaves a taste that's bitter sweet
that's called the blues
i don't know just what i should do
everywhere i go i see you
though it's what you planned
this much is true
what i thought was beatiful
don't live inside of you
anymore
i don't know just what i should do
everywhere i go i see you
though it's what you planned
this much is true
what i thought was beatiful
don't live inside of you
anymore
what this means to me
is more than i know you believe
what i thought of you now...
has i thought was true before
where lies i couldn't see
what i thought was beatiful
is only memories
oh oh oh
what i'd tell you
oh oh oh
that's
oh oh oh
oh oh oh
inside of you
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piyano: dizzy reed
gitarlar: paul tobias, robin finck, buckethead, richard fortus, ron "bumblefoot" thal
bas: tommy stinson
davul: brain
orkestra: paul buckmaster, marco beltrami
tuşlu çalgılar: dizy reed, tommy stinson
vokal: axl rose
Martin Scorsese'nin yönetmenliğini yaptığı dolce and gabbana için yapılan reklam.ayrıca oyuncuları da iyimiş hani; Scarlett Johansson ve Matthew McConaughey.
