☝️ Key Points
- Duvalier is a bitter man who curses the morning flames and avoids the world of mortals.
- He is a disillusioned dreamer who will never love again.
- He prefers perfect strangers over dealing with friends.
- It's hard to believe when you know you've been deceived.
- Fate finds a girl who reignites a flame in Duvalier.
- She touches him with senses his mind can't control, then leaves him.
Interpretation
"Duvalier's Dream" is a song lyric by
Kris Kristofferson that is about a man named Duvalier. Duvalier is a bitter man who curses the morning flames because they bring him a new betrayal every day. He avoids the world of mortals and the sound of human voices, and blesses the night that drives away its sight.
Duvalier is a disillusioned dreamer who will never love again. He tried and found it to be corrupted. He prefers perfect strangers over dealing with friends, because strangers are so easy to forget.
The chorus of the song states that it's hard to believe when you know you've been deceived. It's hard to face a lie and try again, but there's nothing like a woman with a spell of a make-believe world to make a man a new believer.
Duvalier takes the fickle turns of fate in stride and doesn't expect much from life. Until fate finds a girl who reignites a flame he thought was extinguished. Her burning beauty cuts like a knife into him. She touches him with senses his mind can't control, and then leaves him behind while she smiles watching him fall. Betrayed by his own body and the hunger in his soul, Duvalier ultimately remains a dreamer.
The chorus repeats once more, emphasizing how hard it is to believe when you've been deceived. But there's nothing like a woman with a spell of a make-believe world to make a man a new believer."