this is perhaps one of the most amazing song from one republic. the lyrics and its music open the song to so much interpretation, but the music video basically says it all. the 4 scenes, first the empty, old and raw place the band is playing in. then a wooden furnished room filled with people, a light bulb against water, and the lurking danger of the alligator. the video ending with the bulb exploding, the two spaces coming together, and how the person who broke the space simply brush the dust off, stood up to walk away. simply amazing. hahaha, different level of appreciation.

yes, this song completely describes everything, almost exactly how i feel and what i am going through.
the sense of losing something you have so little or no control over, like your sleep. that even though you know that the direction you are heading too is irrational, you are just going ahead, all out. in a world where you get yourself lost unable to differentiate between dreams and reality.

“The old, but I’m not that old
Young, but I’m not that bold
And I don’t think the world is sold
I’m just doing what we’re told”