About the beginning of the song 少女の頃に戻ったみたいに


[Lyircs of the song
here](https://lyricstranslate.com/en/%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%AE%E9%A0%83%E3%81%AB%E6%88%BB%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E3%81%BF%E3%81%9F%E3%81%84%E3%81%AB-
sh%C5%8Djo-no-koro-ni-modotta-mitai-ni-ive-returned.html). The part I want to
ask about is:

> くり返し見る夢に  
>  目が覚めてみると  
>  胸の動悸が早い  
>  ことに気づく

  1. Is there a postposition or postpositional phrase which allows one to say that whatever follows is an event from the dream, rather than something happening as the speaker is dreaming the dream? For example, if I said "Kurikaeshi miru yume no naka de me ga samete miru", would that mean that the waking up is happening inside the dream, or still that I'm waking up from the dream?
  2. [I was told](https://www.quora.com/The-Japanese-song-%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%AE%E9%A0%83%E3%81%AB%E6%88%BB%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E3%81%BF%E3%81%9F%E3%81%84%E3%81%AB-by-ZARD-starts-with/answer/Hara-Shidho?ch=10&oid=367111416&share=ddc6fca7&srid=hIv7E&target_type=answer) that <<The "temiru" gives the impression that the speaker's will is not very much involved there, or that there is little causal relationship between the first and second sentence. Without it, it would emphasize more that the reason for waking up is because of the dream>>. If I look up "miru", I see that X-te miru means "try to X". Am I missing a sense? How do we go from "try to wake up" to "the speaker's will is not very much involved" or the dream not being the cause of the awakening?




  1. Yes, 夢の中で目が覚める means waking up _within/inside_ a dream (but she is still in a dream; she has to wake up again to be truly awake). On the other hand, 夢に目が覚める means "wake up {to / because of} a dream". This に is always a [reason/cause marker](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/72043/5010). 目が覚める is not a verb of existence like ある, so it does not take に as a location marker. FWIW, 夢で目が覚める usually means the same thing as 夢に目が覚める, but it is technically ambiguous.
  2. The basic meaning of (-て)みる is ["try X-ing (to see what happens)"](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/19038/5010), not "try to X". This sentence is closer to "I tried waking up". That is, she usually don't wake up in similar situations, but this time she happened to wake up and had a chance to realize the fast heartbeat. She did not make any effort in order to wake up.




  1. Yes, 夢の中で目が覚める means waking up _within/inside_ a dream (but she is still in a dream; she has to wake up again to be truly awake). On the other hand, 夢に目が覚める means "wake up {to / because of} a dream". This に is always a [reason/cause marker](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/72043/5010). 目が覚める is not a verb of existence like ある, so it does not take に as a location marker. FWIW, 夢で目が覚める usually means the same thing as 夢に目が覚める, but it is technically ambiguous.
  2. The basic meaning of (-て)みる is ["try X-ing (to see what happens)"](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/19038/5010), not "try to X". This sentence is closer to "I tried waking up". That is, she usually don't wake up in similar situations, but this time she happened to wake up and had a chance to realize the fast heartbeat. She did not make any effort in order to wake up.

