Dream On – My Lyrics Breakdown

by Adam Teece on July 16, 2010

I've really been into the song Dream On by Aerosmith recently so I thought I would break down the lyrics and what they can mean.

 
Every time that I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face getting clearer  -  We all self reflect as we get older
The past is gone
It went by, like dusk to dawn  -  Time moves faster than we realize until we look back on it
Isn't that the way
Everybody's got their dues in life to pay  -  Everyone has something in life to work on and build before achieving success, get to it
 
Yeah, I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes  -  No one knows when or where opportunity will come and go
I know it's everybody's sin
You got to lose to know how to win  -  Fail Forward Fast, we learn more from our failures, and if you aren't making mistakes, it means you aren't trying
 
Half my life 
Is in books' written pages  -  We all read and learn and go to seminars, learning what we can before we experience
Lived and learned from fools and 
From sages  -  Some of the people we learn from are only book smart, and some have experience
You know it's true 
All the things come back to you   –  What you do comes back, if you do nothing, nothing will come back to you, if you do great things, great things will come back to you
 
Sing with me, sing for the year 
Sing for the laugh, sing for the tears   -  I'm taking this as "sing" means take action, take action through laughter and tears, it's all part of the process
Sing with me, if it's just for today 
Maybe tomorrow, the good lord will take you away, yeah   -  At least take action today because we never know if we have a tomorrow or not
 
Dream On Dream On Dream On 
Dream until the dream come true  -  Keep dreaming of bigger and better things, never stop, and once your dream does come true, dream bigger
 
If you'd like to buy the song, I actually prefer the version that was done on the TV Show Glee, you can hear it by clicking here Dream On (Glee Cast Version Featuring Neil Patrick Harris)

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POLL: What can I help you with?

by Adam Teece on July 8, 2010

I am an information junkie like many people out there.  I consume and consume and consume, and I know more than enough to get a lot done so it's time to start.

I'd like your help though, answer my poll below so I can make sure I'm giving you the right stuff for what you need.

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