Chameleon Circuit: Nightmares Meaning

Nightmares Lyrics

"This is what we have seen, Doctor. The Darkness holds only one thing: The End of Time Itself."

Hey old man, rest your head, you're breaking down inside.
Armour's cracked, set to collapse, damn you, don't you cry.

I've ended lives and...

1. anonymous

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   Nov 13th 2015 !⃝

   But what about the Alliance from "The Pandorica Opens", where all of his worst enemies from all of time have banded together to trap the Doctor in the Pandorica? That's what I think that song is about.
2. anonymous

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   Aug 19th 2014 !⃝

   This is one of my favorite songs of all time, let alone of Chameleon Circuit. It really captures the Tenth Doctor (the best one!) and his remorse, even more so than their other song, The Doctor is Dying.
3. anonymous

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   Jun 29th 2014 !⃝

   The singer is impersonating the tenth doctor. Also at the beginning of the song you can hear a quote from 'The End of Time' (which is a tenth doctor era episode). So it would probably be about the tenth regeneration's self hatred and how at the end of his life he finally loses it.
   
   Annotated Lyrics to 'Nightmares'-
   
   (Spoken)
   This is what we have seen, Doctor
   The darkness heralds only one thing
   The end of time itself
   
   (Sung)
   
   Hey, old man, rest your head
   You're breaking down inside
   Armor's cracked, set to collapse
   Damn you, don't you cry
   (Ten is clearly regretful of the events during the Time War. He can no longer pretend that he is a good man. He tries to forget, but can't.)
   
   I've ended lives
   I've ended worlds
   I guess I've done it all
   Fire and ice and rage inside
   How long 'til I fall?
   (The Doctor had killed the remaining Gallifreyans and many others while saving others. He destroyed his home planet. He feels much self hatred for his actions and wishes to regenerate or die.)
   
   Somewhere all my darkest dreams are gathering
   It's not enough to save the day
   I can't escape my nightmares
   (He knows many of his enemies and worst fears will bring him down eventually. The Doctor feels that saving others is not enough to makeup for what he did. He will never escape the effects of his choices.)
   
   Dreams have shown me who I am
   A danger to myself
   Trickster feared, far from revered
   So I must be, as well
   (He knows what he has done is wrong and that he is not truly a good man. He believes he will be his own downfall. Some fear him and view him as threat. The Doctor begins to believe that he really is.)
   
   Words and laughter wearing thin
   Breaking this disguise
   Where do angels fear to tread?
   How can I think to hide?
   (The Doctor can no longer pretend he has changed and moved on. He thinks of himself as like a monster. He thinks that things will improve if he disappears.)
   
   Somewhere all my darkest dreams are gathering
   It's not enough to save the day
   I can't escape my nightmares
   (He knows many of his enemies and worst fears will bring him down eventually. The Doctor feels that saving others is not enough to makeup for what he did. He will never escape the effects of his choices.)
   
   Somewhere all my darkest dreams are gathering
   It's not enough to save the day
   I can't escape my nightmares
   (He knows many of his enemies and worst fears will bring him down eventually. The Doctor feels that saving others is not enough to makeup for what he did. He will never escape the effects of his choices.)
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   Apr 9th 2013 !⃝

   I think it is really epic I'm like the # 1 doctor who fan ever
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   Feb 23rd 2013 !⃝

   I think it's about the Big Bang two and the pandorica. As well as Amy's Choice, the God Complex and all the episodes with the Silence. Especially the Big Bang two and the Silence. All the people who ever hated him put him in the Pandorica and a religious group that's main goal is to kill him.
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   Sep 22nd 2012 !⃝

   I think this might be a collection of multiple episodes namely Amy's Choice, The god complex, The end of time part 1 and 2 and Trial of a time lord:The ultimate foe.
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   Aug 26th 2012 !⃝

   I think this song is either about the episode with the dream lord or the episode in the hotel with everyone's greatest fears...

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