I Had Been Dreaming

Grammar Focus: Past Perfect Continuous (had been + -ing)

In the Story

In Act III 'The Depth' of 'The Cartographer of Arkhe', the cartographer descends into a layer of the past: a dream that had been flowing long before you came, up to a single moment. Through 'had been + verb-ing' they remember an action unfolding up to a point in the past.

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I had been dreaming long before you came
I had been calling out a nameless name
I had been walking when the morning broke
I had been silent till the moment I spoke

(Before, before it all...)
I had been waiting by the frozen shore
I had been living, but I wanted more

I had been dreaming
All along
I had been singing
A silent song
I had been dreaming

I had been searching for a place to stay
I had been losing myself along the way
I had been running when you found my hand
I had been drowning, then I reached the land

I had been building castles in the rain
I had been holding on through all the pain
I had been hoping for a brighter dawn
I had been dreaming, and the night moved on

Had been. Before. Until you.
I had been dreaming, now it's true.

I had been dreaming long before you came.

Türkçe

Sen gelmeden çok önce hayal kuruyordum
İsimsiz bir ismi haykırıyordum
Sabah söktüğünde yürüyordum
Konuştuğum ana dek sessizdim

(Öncesinde, her şeyden önce...)
Donmuş kıyıda bekliyordum
Yaşıyordum ama daha fazlasını istiyordum

Hayal kuruyordum
Baştan beri
Sessiz bir şarkı
Söylüyordum
Hayal kuruyordum

Kalacak bir yer arıyordum
Yol boyunca kendimi kaybediyordum
Sen elimi bulduğunda koşuyordum
Boğuluyordum, sonra karaya ulaştım

Yağmurda kaleler kuruyordum
Bütün acıya rağmen tutunuyordum
Daha aydınlık bir şafak umuyordum
Hayal kuruyordum ve gece ilerledi

Süregeldi. Öncesinde. Sen gelene dek.
Hayal kuruyordum, şimdi gerçek oldu.

Sen gelmeden çok önce hayal kuruyordum.

Key Phrases (Chunks)

Say these phrases in sync with the singer (shadowing).

I had been dreaming

hayal kuruyordum
I had been waiting

bekliyordum
before you came

sen gelmeden önce
all along

baştan beri