Just A Dream

"I'm not there yet!"
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## Just A Dream

### Artist(s)

Tut Tut Child
Tasha Baxter (featured)

### Episode

*Meeting Winter* (referenced)
*She's Plotting Something* (referenced)
*Winter Storm Arising* (referenced)
*Only in a Waking Dream*
*Return of Snowlight* (referenced)

### Series

*The Adventures of Evie and Mya* (referenced)
*Winter's Tales*

***Just A Dream*** is a melodic dubstep song by English electronic producer Tut Tut Child, featuring vocals from South African singer and songwriter Tasha Baxter. It was released on February 24th, 2016 under Canadian music record label Monstercat and is featured as the eighth track on Tut Tut Child's debut longplay, *come to the end; then stop*.

## Episode Appearances

*Just A Dream* is referenced in three Season 1 episodes: *Meeting Winter*, *She's Plotting Something*, and *Winter Storm Arising*. In *Winter's Tales*, *Just A Dream* physically plays in *Only in a Waking Dream* as Winter grapples with keeping up a perfect disappearing act and pathological facade at school, maintaining her vision of an ideal waking dream. The reference that appeared in *She's Plotting Something* makes a reappearance in *Return of Snowlight*.

## Lyrics

I ran away

Slipped out the door

I was afraid

Curious soul

I chose a path

Swallowed the key

Gave up control

And the world stood still

I don't want to be found

I feel free when I'm lost

I don't wanna leave now

Cause I'm in love with wanderlust

I'm afraid I can't explain myself

I'm not the girl I used to be

Is everyone in here insane?

When will I wake from this dream?

It's just a dream

It's just a dream

It's just a dream

He knows he can

She knows he won't

Follow the sign

She left behind

All that's to him

Lost in a lie

Dying to live

Living to die

I'm afraid I can't explain myself

I'm not the girl I used to be

Is everyone in here insane?

When will I wake from this dream?

It's just a dream

It's just a dream

It's just a dream

It's just a dream

It's just a dream

It's just a dream

It's just a dream

It's just a dream

It's just a dream

It's just a dream

It's just a dream

It's just a dream

I don't want to be found

I feel free when I'm lost

I don't wanna leave now

Cause I'm in love with wanderlust

I'm afraid I can't explain myself

I'm not the girl I used to be

Is everyone in here insane?

When will I wake from this dream?

I'm afraid I can't explain myself

I'm not the girl I used to be

Is everyone in here insane?

When will I wake from this dream?

## Trivia

* *Just A Dream* is Winter's tertiary theme song and one of her most influential themes to date. It is also Av's favorite Tut Tut Child song, her second favorite song from Tasha Baxter, and her fourth-favorite Monstercat song of all time.
* The song inspired Winter's belief that she lived in a dream and significantly expanded the weight of her fantasies and actions. It made Av write her with an even more reclusive nature and stubborn belief that she can maintain nothing but an idyll (something that isn't physically real or obtainable).
* One of the lines from the chorus (When will I wake from this dream?) is the official tagline for *Winter's Tales*.
* Tasha Baxter is aware of how much *Just A Dream*, as well as *Snowblind*, have impacted Winter's character, and she has told Av that she is honored to have inspired her.
	+ Furthermore, Baxter revealed to Av that the basis of *Just A Dream* was inspired by a card given to her by Tut Tut Child.
* Similar to Winter's character, *Just A Dream* was written from a perspective of a girl who's philosophical views do not mix with the others around her; everyone considers her to be wrong, though the girl finds liberty in her path and believes she is living in nothing but a dream.
* During its appearance in *Only in a Waking Dream*, the repetition of "it's just a dream" is italicized to supposedly give the illusion that Winter is hearing Tasha Baxter's vocals in her head, urging her to think of her reality as the waking dream she aims for it to be.