In “All These Dreams,” Emma Ogier brushes off concern while quietly unraveling over a lover who has grown distant and hard to read. She insists she is fine, bright-eyed and only out for fun, yet the sleepless nights, feverish dreams, and drinking reveal how much the silence costs her. The red dress becomes a dare: take what you want or leave, but stop being timid. Beneath the bravado is a fear that even if he wanted to stay, he would go, leaving her to carry all these dreams alone.
All These Dreams Lyrics by Emma Ogier
Don’t worry ’bout me, I got it, yeah, out of my system
The night bites, we can dance and forget it
Two days, no talk, and it feels like forever
You’re gettin’ harder to read, but I know how it ends
So don’t worry ’bout me, baby, I’m fine
Gotta make enough for the month, the bill is high
I’ve been burnin’ up, smokin’ inside
Can’t just be me thinking you’ve been driving me out of your mind
And if you need, if you need, baby, you can drive me out of your mind
Quit worryin’ ’bout me, I’m twenty, bright-eyed, and came to have fun
The night bites, we can dance and forget it
I feel safe inside only when I’m sleepin’
You don’t know what the fuck it’s like to be a girl with all these dreams
No restless sex, wake up and I’m drenched in the sheets
If you need, if you need, baby, you can drag me out with the weeds
Or I can leave, I can leave, never thought that I’d be someone you need
Don’t worry ’bout me, baby, when’d you get so timid?
Take a minute, come back when you know what you want
I got my red dress on, take it if you like it
And it’s okay if you don’t know, you know what happens when we drink
We’re drunk, leg brush, head rush
And I’ll think you might be thinkin’ ’bout me
Wake up, throw up, everything I think is making me bleed
Give in, give up, even if you want to stay, you’d leave
