Midnight Oil - Dreamworld Lyrics






The Breakfast Creek Hotel is up for sale
The last square mile of terra firma gavelled in the mail
So farewell to the Norfolk Island pines
No amount of make believe can help this heart of mine

[Chorus]
End - your dreamworld is just about to end
Fall - your dreamworld is just about to fall
Your dreamworld will fall

So shut that buckle and turn that key again
Take me to a place they say the dreaming never ends
Open wide drive that mistery road
Walk through Eden's garden and then wander as you go

[Chorus]

Sign says honeymoon to rent
Cloudland into dreamland turns
The sun comes up and we all learn
Those wheels must turn





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  1. G.... P....

    "We spent more time working out our set list for tonight than you people did about Brexit!"

    - Peter Garrett of Midnight Oil, on 4th July 2017, at the Hammersmith Apollo.

  2. M.... D....

    They’re a hundred years ahead of themselves

  3. N.... W....

    Seeing through the illusion, is ‘Dreamworld’... outstanding!

  4. J.... S....

    A melhor banda australiana

    J.... S....

    not sure what this means but thumbs up mate!!!!

  5. T.... B....

    All time

  6. G.... L....

    Underated band, loved them from the start. Funny how the truth never becomes huge in this industry, scary how his words have been fulfilled

  7. L.... R....

    I wonder how many other British 16 year olds like this song

  8. M.... C....

    Great song! Aussie music at its best!

  9. S.... D....

    Didn’t even know there was a video for this mighty song

  10. D.... A....

    Dreamworld only exists for those who live charmed lives--lives that are devoid of the realities of trauma and hardship. Ironically, those people barely know they're alive; some just disintegrate at the first signs of reality. Frankly, I would rather be battle-hardened than charmed. When you're charmed, you're a target, and frankly, you're of no use to anyone. In the process of becoming battle hardened, I became very bitter. The bright side is that I know exactly who and what I am and what I am capable of. Do you?

  11. Z.... R....

    Midnight Oil are national treasures and eerily their songs are just as relevant in 2019. The Oils are timeless and as an earlier commenter said up there with U2. We played US Forces at my brother’s funeral....it still makes me cry 30 years afterwards.

  12. R.... S....

    This is the current soundtrack to the Tr**p administration

  13. D.... B....

    I like a lot Midnight Oil, without knowing it was my fate to become a fan of them after years of liking Beds are Buring since my childhood. Their messages are great with that beautiful music

  14. C.... P....

    I used to think Australia's beauty was impossible to kill, but so many bad things going on and its all human intervention no matter the lies deniers tell don't believe the vested interests who will kill this planet if we let them. It's that serious.

  15. w.... l....

    Voltem ao Brasil!!!!!

  16. E.... L....

    Fucking Lovely!

  17. E.... B....

    🤙👏👏👏👏👏🤩

  18. R.... L....

    Yes......Sadly....I will get lost in the city,but not in woods...I know the trees even in a new place...but buildings and apartments all look the same to me...ya i am a country gal..I get hate from it...trees will tell ya a lot....if ya really look..

    R.... L....

    sadly things are changing ...I will stay a country gal...when I have to be in the city ..people judge me...it hurts ..I am human..I am a good person....They just don't care..no I am not pretty I know that...but I know the woods...

  19. J.... B....

    reminds me of an old Neil Young tune about a quiet country lane lost to construction i think it was called Here we are in the years I highly recommend that album. you talk cars and i talk spaceships so to speak.

  20. A.... R....

    I love this soooo much

  21. m.... ....

    Let’s not forget Rob Hurst on drums he is a beast

  22. s.... m....

    we all live in a dreamworld whats real the dream or life !

  23. S.... S....

    I love this song because>> "faaAAaaall" and "eeEEeeend". It's gorgeous.
    the singer is such a powerful force of presence like no other..

  24. B.... C....

    Looks like part of the coast down near Stanwell Park, just south of Sydney.
    Powerful And Prophetic

  25. R.... B....

    Bom de mais

  26. R.... E....

    Midnight oil the best!!!!!

  27. L.... N....

    the singer is such a powerful force of presence like no other..
    Deep song..... these guys were always ahead of their time.

  28. s.... m....

    Puta de um som cara..sé traduzir arrepia. .

  29. J.... ....

    BRILLIANT DRUMMER!!! dj

  30. A.... L....

    The Breakfast Creek Hotel is always up for sale for the right price, but Jeez I love this song!

  31. R.... G....

    Eeeeeeeeehh
    Eeeeeeeeehh
    Aaaaaaaaahh
    BEAUTIFUL SONG

  32. P.... O....

    this monster rocker of a song rips as much today as it did 30 years ago! god I miss the 80s
    Deep song..... these guys were always ahead of their time.

  33. b.... ....

    Packers dream world will fall

  34. J.... H....

    Amazing song :)

  35. k.... 6....

    I collected Red Sails In The Sunset & 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 not long after Diesal & Dust in 1987: 1st new music discovery that had me rethink my place in the world, & it changed me.

  36. s.... m....

    Exploração imobiliária em todas as praias ..esta ocorrendo ontem e hj..tudo esta acabando. ...pra mim melhor banda de todos os tempos ...pela atitude

  37. M.... A....

    Like si lo ves en 2019, saludos desde FRESNILLO Zacatecas México al Mundo yeahhhhhh 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 viva México, Midnight Oil Grupazo 🙏✌👍🇲🇽.

  38. E.... ....

    White Australians do not owe Aborigines anything.They should learn to accept diversity.

  39. R.... ....

    Utopia, a dreamworld because that’s the only place where it exists.

    R.... ....

    They are not talking about utopia, they are talking about the capitalist dream of infinite resources and dreams of plunder at a planetary scale having no consequence which is actually a dystopian dream world.

    R.... ....

    Bart
    I was extrapolating on the title.

  40. S.... B....

    i love this song ( all midnight oil songs )

  41. s.... ....

    Which song came out First ?? Beds are Burning or Dreamworld??

    s.... ....

    Beds are Burning

    s.... ....

    Beds are Burning - 1987
    Dreamworld - 1988

  42. a.... ....

    Great group !

  43. e.... g....

    Today is the Dreamworld

  44. S.... P....

    midnigth oil      uma das minhas bandas preferidas  rock music de primeira

  45. M.... b....

    #BRASIL2019
    E NOS

  46. E.... V....

    Sad. Poluition

  47. S.... H....

    This song is perfect for today. 2019 get ready people. It's coming very soon. I hope you're awake.😷🤒🤕😵👽💀😈🤸🤸🙏🤜💔💔👁️💘💘💣💥🗯️💭🐝🥀🌎🌏🌍

    S.... H....

    GLP much?

  48. R.... C....

    The only australian band, better than Be'lakor its midnight oil!!!

  49. E.... J....

    I always thought Voldemort would make good music. Jokes aside, this is a good song I remember hearing growing up from the video game “The Bigs” which had so many great songs from the 90s. Glad I was able to discover this song. Good stuff

  50. J.... D....

    First concert I went to..Memorial Drive,80s something.What a gig that was.

  51. G.... C....

    Awesome Aussie legends!

  52. I.... J....

    The dreamworld of heliopsychosis is finally being examined. Spinners are beginning to realize that you wouldn't be able to dance if the world was turning.

    I.... J....

    You have not understood the relativity principle of Galileo, which is absolutely your loss.

  53. M.... F....

    Always liked the music of M.O....never cared much for the message(s). Call me crazy but I'm okay with a little coastal development. ''Give it back'' ? To people so primitive they didn't even have a written language ? F8ck no. What a dumb idea.

    M.... F....

    Who would ever call a YouTube user with the username 'Mike Fallopian' crazy?

  54. V.... B....

    very nice greetings from san francisco ca

  55. C.... N....

    Great story! Love this song..

  56. T.... B....

    Magical song

  57. L.... B....

    Taking aim at Queensland's government of the time, i think! I'm indigenous to Cairns & lived in Brisbane for 15 years, plus visited the Cement Coast heaps. So i can relate to this song, love it!:)

  58. a.... M....

    i was ashamed be native but this fraking guy brought the moo and not only when we were struggling but every day life

  59. R.... C....

    For me personally; MO is bottled energy that liquefies politics into squishy, no substance scat. Why,? Music, art squashes all politics!

  60. C.... P....

    I miss the Australia 🇦🇺 I grew up in,it was beautiful

    C.... P....

    I remember it well. It was a great place. It's all gone now though.

  61. j.... T....

    🏄Aloha.. Foi quando eu ouvir esses caras pela primeira vez foi au q eu vim t serteza da minha pesonalidade e stylo d vida...

  62. F.... u....

    😎👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  63. v.... b....

    For some reason I have been watching I think his name is Peter Garrett do that dance repeatedly

  64. S.... P....

    dreamworld of communism ..... and a few years later boom ^^

  65. C.... H....

    "Something about the way Peter Garrett says 'Your dream world is just about to end' makes me think that my dream world is just about to end." --Scott Miller, Music--What Happened

  66. N.... A....

    Peter Garret is so funny at dancing

  67. b.... ....

    Our dream world has fallen and gone.I knew the oils were right when I first heard their music.

  68. A.... U....

    very good lyric.

  69. C.... A....

    As melhores banda sempre valta

  70. S.... P....

    I know it's a great song but why is it #38 on trending?!

  71. J.... E....

    greed......................time for a revolution

  72. k.... ....

    FattBatts

  73. E.... T....

    Brilliant!

  74. J.... ....

    Here in Brazil, Only the elite enjoy Midnight OIL

  75. M.... M....

    Arrepiei

  76. J.... S....

    Thanks for the post. Love these guys but liberalism is a disease.

    J.... S....

    Classical liberalism is a whole lot better than modern forms of nationalism which revel in authoritarian garbage.

  77. c.... j....

    O progresso destruindo o meio ambiente e nada de conscientização !

  78. S.... C....

    No an aussie, but in aboriginal folklore I'm pretty sure the world was created out of the dreamtime and that plays an important part in aboriginal culture too this day. Think it's kind of cool to have bands pay homage to the cultures that came before, we had a band up here in Canada that did that, the Tragically Hip, actually got recommendations for Midnight Oil discussing them. So cheers and whatnot Australia is pretty cool.

  79. J.... S....

    Midnight oill foda!rock n roll do bom!

  80. A.... S....

    80s forever

  81. L.... E....

    Nice real estate development.

  82. C.... d....

    Deep song..... these guys were always ahead of their time.

    C.... d....

    Not so much ahead of their time, more like they took the first step.

  83. w.... d....

    don't worry bout development, the musos are here

  84. D.... H....

    I live on the Texas, U.S. Gulf Coast and our dreamworld is already long gone. Hotels and other businesses destroyed a once pristine surf and wildlife spot! I surfed it in the 80's and it was great. I also lived on Oahu, Hawaii, U.S. in the 80's and went back recently and its as fucked up now as the east coast of Australia. Probably worse! My uncle lives in Queensland and said they are now encroaching almost as far north 300 miles north of Brisbane. He lives 200 miles south of Cape York in Far North Queensland the last unspoilt paradise on earth. If that falls, then there is no hope for humanity or the natural world. I shed a tear for the flora and fauna and native peoples fucked up by commercialism.

    D.... H....

    it's sad

    D.... H....

    I never seen the ocean until I was 19...Just a country gal from Kentucky...back then ..years later I saw Pawley's Island South Carolina....I enjoyed watching surfers ...I am not a strong swimmer..so I knew better then trying walking out to far...Not to many surfers ,but I enjoyed seeing them...Oh I loved it ...I miss the beach...I can walk through the woods and not get lost no tree looks the same to me....the city not so much... I freak out.....ugh..

    D.... H....

    My ex husband tried to take me to Myrtle Beach....way to much for me..I like things simple ..

    D.... H....

    @Racheal Lange I lived in South Carolina for 3 years and went to Myrtle Beach twice. On my second trip and away from development, blacktop and concrete, I discovered Huntington Beach State park. 5 miles south of Myrtle Beach. The park ranger said this is the way an Atlantic Beach is supposed to look like. Take pictures and memories and leave nothing put footprints.

    D.... H....

    @Kevin McKinney I love places like that...I live in Bavaria,Germany now...My hubby is Bavarian..I have seen the Alps and even Roman ruins I am a rockhound ,but I respect nature..I love to see places were nothing is to be disturbed...I wish there was more places like that...I saw the most beautiful vain of dark purple fluorite here in Germany..Lucky it was protected ..I would have never got to see such beauty...It was an old fluorite mine ...We went on a tour of the mine..The owners of the mine let me have a small but to me lovely little fluorite..It is purple and green..I was over the moon...( I love green)
    I never dig for rocks ...I just take what the creeks give me...As I love rocks,but it is up to nature with what I find...

  85. a.... ....

    Awesome concert brothers. Aroha Nui from Christchurch New Zealand

  86. s.... ....

    Stop the population EXPLOSION.... that might help the situation.

  87. B.... F....

    Pooyure Pannie Tea Six BahKaunne Aunt Gaeight Thuh Fog couttah Hierre!!!!! SEZ GAWD DIEUE IZ CURLEAH FRENNIE DLEAH***JOYOVAWE$$$$$$25.00$$$$$$ UNEA VOIRSAIHILL KAYE REDDY AUGHTZ$$$$$

  88. B.... B....

    🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🖐

    B.... B....

    Bruno BRF3 G,day mate i'm the Emoji police and im here to tell you that that emoji sentence there makes no sense at all....




    I'll write you a ticket now!..

  89. B.... F....

    Migh 1st Taystawf MITKNEIGHT TOIL WAS THIZ ELLE BUMN !!! 10Kue Girly Frenleah Lucy Phoure!!! AUnt JOYOVAH TUE!!!

  90. S.... ....

    Mr Donnelly sent me here

  91. j.... c....

    bande de bleu vous connaisser rien

  92. M.... J....

    This song applies more so today as greedy developers have been given the green light to fuck up Sydney, the Gold Coast......ect.....ect.

  93. d.... j....

    This song is music nirvana.The Chinese guitar intro and throughout the song is a thing of beauty that makes me keep coming back for more.They would be dancing in the streets of Shanghai.

  94. R.... C....

    Just saw M.O. @GREEK last month...fortunate me! M.O. is more powerful than a nuke! BIG, HEAVY LOVE 2 THE OIL!

  95. T.... R....

    Hell Yeah!

  96. I.... L....

    Who has a huge word to save our Aussie way of life? The oils do now! Australia for us all!

  97. M.... D....

    This is Australia's greatest band and they are on an equal to U2..This Band is epic and they should be damn proud..

    M.... D....

    @Louie R  Yep!!  I saw AC/DC in 1976 when almost nobody had heard of them, just a room with about 200 people and loose plastic chairs. They were something else back then. Saw them again in 1977 in the same room and still hardly anybody knew of them, saw them again in 1978 when they broke and was present at the recording of "If You Want Blood". Yep, them were the days!!

    M.... D....

    @SpeedKingHighwayStar only just seen your comment but wow.. must have been cool to see them rise to global fame knowing you were one of the first to see them

    M.... D....

    His voice is much more natural than Bono's. And Midnight Oil didn't sell out to romanticized US pop music. I would argue that Midnight Oil and INXS were both influencers of U2 more than the other way around.

    M.... D....

    Equal to U2?? HAHAHA THEY SHIT ALL OVER THEM