A Dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.

The content and purpose of dreams are not fully understood, though they have been a topic of scientific speculation and subject of philosophical and religious interest throughout recorded history.

Dreams mainly occur in the rapid-eye movement (REM) stage of sleep—when brain activity is high and resembles that of being awake.

REM sleep is revealed by continuous movements of the eyes during sleep.

In modern times, Dreams have been seen as a connection to the unconscious mind. They range from normal and ordinary to overly surreal and bizarre.

Dreams can have varying natures, such as being frightening, exciting, magical, melancholic, adventurous, or sexual.

Most people today appear to endorse the Freudian theory of Dreams – that Dreams reveal insight into hidden desires and emotions.

Sigmund Freud, who developed the discipline of psychoanalysis, wrote extensively about Dreams theories and their interpretations in the early 1900’s.

He explained dreams as manifestations of one’s deepest desires and anxieties, often relating to repressed childhood memories or obsessions.

Furthermore, he believed that virtually every Dreams topic, regardless of its content, represented the release of sexual tension.

A candy-colored clown they call the sandman
Tiptoes to my room every night
Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper
“Go to sleep. Everything is all right.”

I close my eyes, then I drift away
Into the magic night, I softly say
A silent prayer like dreamers do
Then I fall asleep to dreams, my dreams of you

In dreams I walk with you, in dreams I talk to you
In dreams you’re mine, all of the time
We’re together in dreams, in dreams

But just before the dawn, I awake and find you gone
I can’t help it, I can’t help it, if I cry
I remember that you said goodbye

It’s too bad that all these things
Can only happen in my dreams
Only in dreams, in beautiful dreams