When You Dream

Life just begun.
My sleeping new son.
His 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 breath,
Your mind drifts and weaves.

When you dream,
What do you dream about? (2x)


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 lulabyes?

It's fun to meld 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? (2x)

Are they color or black and white,
Yiddish or English,
Or languages not yet concieved?

Are they silent or boisterous,
Do you hear noises,
Just loud enough to be perceived?

Do you hear Dell 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? (5x)
When you dream...