When You Dream  - Barenaked Ladies

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 colour 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?