Daydreamer

* Album
* Remix

## *Music for the Free Spirits* (EP) Chronology

"**Daydreamer**" is the fourth track on the album *A Different Kind of Human - Step 2*. It was written by Aurora and Peter Wade, and produced by AURORA, Askjell, Tim Bran and Roy Kerr.

It was released as a single on November 1, 2019, also including a remix by KDA.

An early version of the song leaked on June 20, 2022.

## About the song

According to Aurora, this song took the longest to get right on the album, she said:

> "It was done four days after the deadline. Even though I wrote it in two hours on my way to a session in the cab."
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The song talks about how humans should be daydreamers instead of one-dimensional people with little contact with the world and their true selves.

## Lyrics

* Transcribed
* Official

White, silicon eyes,

Watching storms, sitting quiet,

Reading books in the heat of city lights

Bored, everyone's bored,

When I'm restless, put me under

The night life stars

And I will feel grounded

I know I'm just a girl

But can I change lives

If I am nothing

If I am trying

I think I can

I step on broken glass,

And dream of soft clouds,

When feelings are heavy

They become all we are

And we become night time dreamers,

Street walkers and small talkers

When we should be daydreamers,\*

And moonwalkers and dream talkers

And we become night time dreamers,

And street walkers, small talkers\*

When we should be daydreamers,\*

And moonwalkers, and dream talkers

And real life

The quiet lust, belongs to all of us

And drives us closer, into the madness

Of the world. Of a girl. And it suits me just fine

Cause everyone dies,

And nobody loves and somebody dies right now\*

I hear the quiet, sweet music that no one sings

And we become night time dreamers,

Street walkers and small talkers

When we should be daydreamers,\*

And moonwalkers and dream talkers

And we become night time dreamers,

And street walkers, small talkers\*

When we should be daydreamers,\*

And moonwalkers, and dream talkers

And real life

All I ever know is what I dream about when I am sober

Never turn away from love before the love you have is over

All I ever know is what I dream about when I am sober

Never turn away from love before the love you have is over

Nothing can die while we are here

Nothing can die while we are here

Nothing can die while we are here

Nothing can die while we are here

And we become night time dreamers,

Street walkers and small talkers

When we should be daydreamers,\*

And moonwalkers and dream talkers

And we become night time dreamers,

And street walkers, small talkers\*

When we should be daydreamers,\*

When we should be daydreamers\*

Daydreamers

White, silicon eyes,

Watching storms, sitting quiet,

Reading books in the heat of city lights

Bored, everyone's bored,

When I'm restless, put me under

The night life stars

And I will feel grounded

I know I'm just a girl

But can I change lives

If I am nothing

If I am trying

I think I can

I step on broken glass,

And dream of soft clouds,

When feelings are heavy

They become all we are

And we become night time dreamers,

Street walkers and small talkers

And we should be daydreamers,

And moonwalkers and dream talkers

And we become night time dreamers,

And small talkers, street walkers

And we should be daydreamers,

And moonwalkers, and dream talkers

And real life

The quiet lust, belongs to all of us

And drives us closer, into the madness

Of the world. Of a girl. And it suits me just fine

Cause everyone dies,

And nobody love and somebody dies right now

I hear the quiet, sweet music that no one sings

And we become night time dreamers,

Street walkers and small talkers

And we should be daydreamers,

And moonwalkers and dream talkers

And we become night time dreamers,

And small talkers, street walkers

And we should be daydreamers,

And moonwalkers, and dream talkers

And real life

All I ever know is what I dream about when I am sober

Never turn away from love before the love you have is over

All I ever know is what I dream about when I am sober

Never turn away from love before the love you have is over

Nothing can die while we are here

Nothing can die while we are here

Nothing can die while we are here

Nothing can die while we are here

And we become night time dreamers,

Street walkers and small talkers

And we should be daydreamers,

And moonwalkers and dream talkers

And we become night time dreamers,

And small talkers, street walkers

And we should be daydreamers,

And moonwalkers, and dream talkers

And real life

Daydreamers

Official lyrics copied from YouTube. Transcribed lyrics made by listening; differences are marked with \*

## Music video

A music video, directed by Samuel Douek, was made in October 2019, but it was supposedly scrapped due to scheduling problems.
However, the rough footage from the shoot was repurposed and edited to create a visualiser. A video leaked in early 2023.

Several images were shared by people who worked on the original video:

## Trivia

* A mix of this song was used in the keynote speech of tech giant Apple's annual WWDC conference in 2020.
* The song was added to Spotify's *New Music Friday* list in at least 19 countries. The song may have charted as a single at that time, in June instead of November when the song was released together with its remix.

## References

1. ↑ https://aurora.lnk.to/DaydreamerRemix
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2f0c9fAL64
3. ↑ https://www.hmv.com/music/aurora-a-different-kind-of-human-interview
4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fibIyvTleqc
5. ↑ https://www.samueldouek.com/aurora-daydreamer
6. ↑ https://www.poppyashton.co.uk/s/PoppyAshton\_CV.pdf
7. ↑ https://aurora-daily.tumblr.com/post/623819884798853120/auroramusic-nothing-can-die-while-we-are-here
8. ↑ https://www.yespleaseproductions.com/projects/daydreamer-visualiser/
9. ↑ https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=09pr41a8
10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSLL3U8ChUY
11. ↑ https://twitter.com/AURORAmusic/status/1137430732920492032