Psycho Circus Album - Dreamin'
One may very well wonder if Paul Stanley listened to Alice Cooper’s “I’m Eighteen” prior to writing this song and it was hardly surprising when Alice’s publishing company, Six Palms Music Corp, sued Mercury Records, Paul and co-writer Bruce Kulick. In the October 21, 1998 complaint they alleged that the song bore too much of a similarity to “I’m Eighteen” and claimed copyright infringement. The suit was settled out of court and didn’t have much of an effect on the relationship between KISS and Alice, who hadn’t personally had anything to do with the suit in the first place. This would be another of the songs in the large KISS catalog to get the un-credited input of another member.
Initially the band and producer were generally unimpressed with the song since it really didn’t jump out of the speakers in demo form. Gene saw that it had possibilities and rearranged the piece turning it into the form recorded for the album. Gene’s notes suggest that he removed the bridges and used a breakdown section as a verse while refining the melody of the verse. This, according to Bob retained all of Paul’s original work but took the song from “good” to “special.”
Lyrics
[Verse]
Close your eyes and take a look at your life
Do you like what you see?
My eyes are open, but I feel like I'm blind
It's all returning to me
I wanna know, does a frozen river flow?
Things we've said fill my head
Lying in a cold and empty bed
[Chorus]
I'm only dreaming
Between the darkness and the light
I'm only dreaming (Oh-ooooh)
Dreaming, can't tell the daylight from the night
I'm only dreaming, dreaming
[Verse]
I feel the sunlight shining down on my face
Not a cloud in my mind
I get my wake-up, but it never comes in time
My prayers are spoken and I wait to receive
'Cause there's a fine line between the truth and how we want it to be
[Chorus]
I'm only dreaming
Between the darkness and the light
I'm only dreaming (Oh-ooooh)
Dreaming, can't tell the daylight from the night
I'm only dreaming, dreaming
[Break]
I'm sailing like a ship on the sea
I don't care if I'm lost in the haze
I hear the angels singing something to me
Come dream of me, that you never see
Won't you come slip away
[Solo]
I am only dreaming
I am only dreaming
I'm only dreaming
(Oh-ooooh)
I'm only dreaming
I'm only dreaming
(Yeah!)
I'm only dreaming
I'm only dreaming
(Oh-ooooh)
I'm only dreaming
(Yeah!)
I'm only dreaming
Dreaming
I am only dreaming
