When You Dream

lyric by Steven Page and Ed Robertson, music by Steven Page

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
Its 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 fontanel pulses with lives that hes lived;
With memories hell learn to ignore
And when it is closed, he already knows
Hes 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 Shannons 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?
When you dream, what do you dream about?
When you dream, what do you dream about?
When you dream, what do you dream about?
When you dream, what do you dream about?
When you dream...