The video starts with a short clip of each band member in a narrow room, where the walls are covered with photos of the band. This shows the band as trapped and anything happening outside of this room may be what they are dreaming about, but the title of the song suggests it is a specific person.
The video changes, the band are still trapped in the corridor, but this time they are not just playing their instruments but dancing, whilst a bear dances behind them in some shots. This is a convention of the genre which tends to feature some unusual images. At 41 seconds into the video, the band leave the narrow room and are shown on motorbikes travelling down a road, which this time suggests freedom, and suggests they are now maybe in a dream world. When out of the narrow room, the film is sped up, but still cross cuts with the normal speed clips of the band inside.
At one point of the film, the band and the bear are shown arriving on the beach, and the video is at regular speed. The video is confusing and doesn't seem to feature an actual story, which is intended to leave the viewer considering the video, and maybe encourage them to buy the album, since it stays in their head.
Good starting point for your analysis but I think you can improve the post by using lots of screen grabs to support the written work and help make your points even more clear.
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