Song Meaning: Dream On by Aerosmith

Song: Dream On
Artist: Aerosmith
Source: TV
Trivia: The main riff and chorus of the song were sampled in the 2002 song "Sing for the Moment" by rapper Eminem on The Eminem Show that also features a solo from Joe Perry.

Every time when I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face getting clearer
The past is gone
It went by, like dusk to dawn
Isn't that the way
Everybody's got the dues in life to pay

I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it's everybody sin
You got to lose to know how to win
The character in the song is reflecting on life and how age has begun
to show its impact on his day to day life. He is feeling the he has
found his purpose in life. He is not bothered about the past where he
spent days searching for the purpose and how he go side tracked by all
the responsibilities that life threw at him.

He does not know how life works or has anybody figured it out. The sin
here is ignorance, i.e how everyone chooses to ignore why the important questions of life.
All we can do is try to understand, even though we have failed to answer it,
we have still won it because each time we fail, we learn more about life and ourselves.

 Sarvajña ಸರ್ವಜ್ಞ Indian Poet (Kannada language) Being a monk, he says how he became an omniscient in one of his poems\tripadis

ಸರ್ವಜ್ಞನೆಂಬುವನು ಗರ್ವದಿಂದಾದವನೇ?

ಸರ್ವರೊಳು ಒಂದೊಂದು ನುಡಿಗಲಿತು, ವಿದ್ಯೆಯ

ಪರ್ವತವೆ ಆದ ಸರ್ವಜ್ಞ.

Sarvajnanembuvanu garvadindaadavane?

Sarvarolu ondondu nudigalitu arithu, Vidhyeya

parvatave aada Sarvajna

Translation : Sarvajna did not become an omniscient by his pride. However, by learning one word of wisdom from each, he became a mountain of knowledge.

 

Half my life
Is books written pages
Live and learn from fools and
From sages
You know it's true, oh
All these things you do come back to you

Sing with me, sing for the years
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears
Sing with me, just for today
Maybe tomorrow, the good lord will take you away

Yeah, sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear
Sing with me, just for today
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

Dream on
Dream on
Dream on
Dream until your dreams come true
Most of the character's life is just spent like in the books. i.e an avg life
consisting of the usual problems faced by a person. He also urges that wisdom
comes from both fools and wise-men\ wise-women. He tells that Anything that is learnt will not go to waste,
everything will be useful someday. Till then keep doing the best, cause honestly that is the only thing
we can do. Anticipate and prepare -while you also celebrate each day until your demise.

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