Lyrics to
Dream On

This version of Dream On was released by Aerosmith in 1973.

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every time that 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 their dues in life to pay

yeah, I know nobody knows
where it comes and where it goes
I know it’s everybody’s sin
you got to lose to know how to win

half my life’s in books’ written pages
live and learn from fools and from sages
you know it’s true
all the things come back to you

sing with me, sing for the years
sing for the laughter and sing for the tears
sing with me, if it’s just for today
maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

dream on, dream on, dream on,
dream yourself a dream come true
dream on, dream on, dream on,
and dream until your dream comes true
dream on

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About Lyrics and Dream On by Aerosmith

When you decide to study the lyrics to Dream On, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Aerosmith. Some of the lyrics to Dream On have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Aerosmith and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Dream On if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Dream On" means the words set to the music of Dream On, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Aerosmith. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Dream On and the lyrics to Dream On are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Aerosmith who came here looking just for the lyrics to Dream On, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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