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Dreamin’ About UPrince

Released: November 19, 1996

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Spoken Intro]
If the wind blew every petal from your precious red rose
Would you be afraid of what you'd find inside?

[Chorus]
When I'm alone in my room
I can't stop dreaming about you, dreaming about you
When I'm alone in my room
I can't stop dreaming about you, dreaming about you
And every time I do what I need to do
I can't stop dreaming about you, dreaming about you

[Verse 1]
Revolving around every word that is spoken
Like the planets around the sun
I want you
Your tongue is a great persuader
Yeah, you got me sold
And when I'm alone in my room just watching a rose
I dream about you, I dream about you

[Chorus]
When I'm alone in my room
I can't stop dreaming about you, dreaming about you
When I'm alone in my room
I can't stop dreaming about you, dreaming about you
And every time I do what I need to do
I can't stop dreaming about you, dreaming about you

[Verse 2]
When my sane twin reigns
Claiming your aim is to maim my subconscious into being with you
I dream about you
Betting on the notion that if my lustier twin prevails
Like the ruins of Rome, I'll lie helpless at your feet
Yeah, when I'm alone
I dream about you, I dream about you

[Bridge]
I dream about you, baby
When I'm alone in my room
I dream about you, my baby
I dream about you, you, you

[Outro]
(And here we stand)
And here we stand amidst your core (you)
Like the petals on this rose I adore (you)
The inside (The inside)
If the inside is kind
Kind in a sense that one would come from all
And the wish that you wish will come true if you call
But if not, (you will fall) you will fall
And I'll still be alone (Just dreaming about you)
With this ball in my stomach just dreaming about you (Dreaming about you)

Prince

An American singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, and actor that produced 22 RIAA-platinum albums during his 40-year career, Prince may be known for one of many different things – his turn as “The Kid” in the iconic film/album/8 ½ minute ballad “Purple Rain”, being the writer behind the acclaimed anthem “Kiss,” rivaling Michael Jackson at the pinnacle of his career, being the inspiration behind censorship laws, or being the artist addressed as an unpronounceable symbol throughout the 1990s—but while many know of Prince, most don’t fully understand the impact his legacy left on this world.

Going by many aliases throughout his life, Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 7, 1958 with his father’s (John L. Nelson) stage name as his own given one. Growing up, Prince suffered from serious epileptic seizures at a very young age, but he had wrote his first composition of many by age seven, and outside of his love for basketball, he wanted music to be his purpose in life. His tumultuous childhood, witnessing alcoholism and abuse, caused him to find refuge in neighbor André Cymone’s home in his teens, where the two competed in local band competitions, leading to Prince’s introduction to Morris Day alongside music with his cousin’s band 94 East, leading him to be courted by record labels and ultimately signed to Warner Bros. Records with complete creative control; at 19, his debut album, For You (1978) was released – Prince played all 19 instruments on the record.

Influenced by the likes of Miles Davis, Rick James, and James Brown, Prince desired to form a music dynasty and after the success of his next albums – the platinum-selling Prince (1979), the sexually-charged Dirty Mind (1980), and politically-motivated Controversy (1981) – he negotiated for the ability to form his own label and manage artists of his own. Prince’s trademark sexual/religious rhetoric within pop-and-dance, funk-rock sound gained him a following, but his opening slates for Rick James and The Rolling Stones were both negatively received and facing bankruptcy, the young artist began to reach for mainstream popularity. Cashing on the drug-influenced doomsday mania of the times, 1982’s 1999 easily achieved that mainstream appeal, landing him on MTV, music charts, and radio stations across the world.

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