When You Dream Lyrics

The song When You Dream is performed by Barenaked Ladies in the album named Ships & Dip V: Main Event 02/03/2009 in the year 2009 .



With life just begun, my sleeping new son
Has eyes that roll back in his head
They flutter and dart, he slows down his heart
And pictures a world past his bed
It's hard to believe, as I watch you breathe
Your mind drifts and weaves

When you dream
What do you dream about?
When you dream
What do you dream about?
Do you dream about music or mathematics
Or planets too far for the eye?
Do you dream about Jesus or quantum mechanics
Or angels who sing lullabies?

His fontanelle pulses with lives that he's lived
With memories he'll learn to ignore
And when it is closed, he already knows
He's forgotten all he knew before
But when sleep sets in
History begins
But the future will win

When you dream
What do you dream about?
When you dream
What do you dream about?
Are they color or black and white, Yiddish or English
Or languages not yet conceived?
Are they silent or boisterous?
Do you hear noises just loud enough to be perceived?
Do you hear Del Shannon's 'Runaway' playing
On transistor radio waves?
With so little experience your mind not yet cognizant
Are you wise beyond your few days?

When you dream
What do you dream about?
When you dream
What do you dream about?
When you dream
What do you dream about?
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Barenaked Ladies - Ships & Dip V: Main Event 02/03/2009

Feb 2009

  1. Maybe Not (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  2. Grade 9 (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  3. Shoebox (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  4. Never Do Anything (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  5. Humour Of The Situation (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  6. Adrift (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  7. These Apples (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  8. This Is Where It Ends (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  9. Testing 1, 2, 3 (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  10. Wind It Up (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  11. Adlib 1 (Tiny Balls) (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  12. When You Dream (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  13. Message To You Rudy (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  14. Fight The Power (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  15. Helicopters (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  16. Conventioneers (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  17. Sound Of Your Voice (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  18. Bull In A China Shop (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  19. Too Little Too Late (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  20. Break Your Heart (Live Main Event 02/03/09)
  21. When I Fall (Live Main Event 02/03/09)


When You Dream