dbc031175 June 24th, 2005 11:59AM  
Never give up...follow your heart and believe in yourself and all your dreams will come true.

anonymous November 6th, 2005 05:38PM  
Sorry, but I have to disagree with the last statement. When he refers to lines on his face getting clearer, he's talking about looking in the mirror and noticing he's getting older. Aerosmith writing about cocaine... get a clue.

anonymous March 9th, 2007 01:13PM  
If I recall right the band was in trouble when this song came out in the 1970's, This made them great. I love this song and I think it's about Dreaming to become great like they have.

From the chorus it says

"Sing with me, sing for the years
Sing for the laughter 'n sing for the tears"

Like keep singing for a long time, through great times, and hard times.

I have some album collection of a bunch of their great songs and it briefly explains some of the songs and it says that about "Dream On."

anonymous August 2nd, 2007 02:58PM  
I agree with those of your that think the drug meaning is over-used. This song is about Tyler's desire to be someone and do something with his life. To continue to "dream until your dreams come true". Get off the drug kick, it doesn't always have to be about drugs. Tyler was 17, and wrote this song at the end of a summer as he was vacationing at his parent's lake house.

anonymous October 24th, 2007 01:48AM  
SING WITH ME SING FOR THE YEARS
sing for the laughter and sing for the tears
sing with me if its just for today
maybe tomorrow the good lord will take you away


it means to live life
because one day you might die
and like live it now...

anonymous December 31st, 2007 04:11AM  
This song does have undertones of the singer's former drug abuse. It's about how he comes to realize that all this time has passed while he was drowning himself in drugs and booze i.e. "the past is gone, it went by like dusk to dawn" he knows that he messed up and blames himself i.e. "everybody's got their dues in life to pay" "dream on" is basically saying that you have to move on with your life, despite what you may have done and make the most of whatever time you have left.

anonymous February 7th, 2008 09:35PM  
All it is saying is that no matter what others say, keep your dreams because your dreams are the only thing that make life amazing.

anonymous April 20th, 2008 12:39AM  
If everyone would pay attention to the snorting sound that he makes after the first set of vocals, you would understand that...yes, this song has a double meaning.

One representing the past and the dream of the future.

ENOUGH SAID!!!!!!!!1

anonymous September 6th, 2008 12:07AM  
When I listen to the song I think he is trying to say that getting old is part of life, don't get old and not have lived life....to live life till you die.. That's kind of why he says "Sing with me, sing for the years/Sing for the laughter 'n sing for the tears/Sing with me, if it's just for today"

anonymous August 27th, 2009 05:00PM  
Not ALL songs are about drugs, BUT... stereotypically people use a mirror when they do cocaine. In fact they do "lines". When you have lines on a mirror and look into the mirror, you appear to have lines on your face. Then as you snort the lines, the lines go away or "get clearer". If you listen, you can hear him snort after he says this. The remainder of the song can definitely support this conspiracy as well. "The past is gone" etc.

DarkishFriend September 23rd, 2009 10:14PM  
This isn't at all about drugs. Steven wrote this when he was in high school, he didn't get introduced to drugs until after the formation of Aerosmith.

anonymous December 30th, 2009 01:56PM  
God! it's about him losing his dog and he was too high to find it. You're all fucking idiots. Goldlod is his dog's name. nuff said

anonymous December 30th, 2009 02:01PM  
GOD!!! Idiots it's about him loosing his dog and was too high to get him back. That's what his dream is is to get his dog back from the past. Goldlod is his dogs name duh.

anonymous February 15th, 2010 06:02PM  
i think the meaning of this song is about someone who has gotten old and who hasnt had a meaningful life and is telling everyone to not be like him and live life to the fullest and never give up.

anonymous March 5th, 2010 06:46PM  
" Every time I look in the mirror, all these lines on my face are getting clearer"

It means he's getting older and the days are going by. It's obvious when he refers to the lines getting clearer when he looks at his face.

" The past is gone, it went by like dust to dawn"

It means that the days are going by just like that and he's missing all of his opportunities in life.

" isn't that the way? Everybody's got their dues in life to pay"

I think he's refering to his drug problem in here. Because I've read somewhere that he started doing drugs in his teenage years.

" I know what nobody knows, where it comes and where it goes"

He means that he knows more than average people, since he probably wrote this song at a time when he was thinking about life.

" You gotta lose to know how to win"

You have to make mistakes in order to learn from them.

" Half my life's in books, written pages. Live and learned from fools and from sages"

He's saying that he has talked to many people, from fools and from sages. Again, he's refering to the fact that he knows more stuff than a normal person.

" You know it's true, everything comes back to you"

He's talking about life, karma, and how at the end, you will always and only get what you deserve.

" Sing with me, sing for the years, sing for the laughs and sing for the tears"

If we presume that by singing, he means 'thinking' or 'remembering'. Then he's talking about remembering all the things that have happened in his life, from the best things that made him smile and laugh, to the worst things that brought tears to his eyes and made him cry.

" Sing with me, if it's just for today. Maybe tomorrow the good lord will take you away"

He's saying that you must think about life and do it everyday. Because you might die tomorrow. And that's what he means by saying " The good lord will take you away".

"Dream on, dream on, dream until your dream comes true"

Keep on dreaming until it is realized.

"Dream on, dream on, dream until your comes true.

See how much he insists that you must "dream on"?

"Dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on"

He keeps on saying it because he knows how important it is to not to give up.

" DREAM ON, DREAM ON, DREAM ON, DREAM ON ! "

He really really insists that you must dream on, and keep on thinking and dreaming.

Conclusions:

This is a song that makes you think about the past, present, and future. It's a song about hope. It's a song that tells you no matter how good you think the past was, and/or how bad you think the present is, you must never give up and always dream on.

Tyler truly has written a masterpiece with great lyrics, awesome chords, and a brilliant meaning.

anonymous April 9th, 2010 04:47AM  
i think its plain and simple to understand sing with me, sing for the year, sing for the laughter n sing for the tears. sing with me if its just for today, maybe tomorrow the good lord will take you away. just that right there explains everything when i hear this song.