But the future will win
With so little experience your mind not yet cognizant
It's hard to believe, as I watch you breathe
His fontanelle pulses with lives that he's lived
When you dream
What do you dream about?
Do you hear noises just loud enough to be perceived?
With memories he'll learn to ignore
What do you dream about?
History begins
But when sleep sets in
Or angels who sing lullabies?
When you dream
They flutter and dart, he slows down his heart
What do you dream about?
When you dream
Do you dream about music or mathematics
On transistor radio waves?
Or planets too far for the eye?
Your mind drifts and weaves
When you dream
Do you hear Del Shannon's 'Runaway' playing
And when it is closed, he already knows
What do you dream about?
When you dream
What do you dream about?
Do you dream about Jesus or quantum mechanics
Or languages not yet conceived?
What do you dream about?
He's forgotten all he knew before
And pictures a world past his bed
Are they color or black and white, Yiddish or English
Are you wise beyond your few days?
When you dream
What do you dream about?
When you dream
Are they silent or boisterous?
