"It's about the hunger to be somebody: Dream until your
dreams come true."
Demikianlah Steven Tyler memberikan pemaknaan pada lagunya, Dream
On. Lagu ini menjadi single yang pertama dirilis Aerosmith. Tyler butuh waktu cukup lama memproses lagu
ini, hingga menjadi lirik utuh. Rilis pertama kali pada Juni 1973 bersama debut album mereka, Aerosmith.
Dream On tak langsung dikenal. Bahkan butuh waktu 3
tahun untuk disukai. Pada Desember 1975 single Aerosmith, You See Me Crying tak
berhasil masuk dalam chart. Manajer Aerosmith, David Krebs meminta Columbia
Records untuk merilis ulang Dream On. Barulah lagu ini berhasil naik di
posisi ke-6. Single ini juga kembali diluncurkan pada tahun 1987 dan 1993,
setelah album Permanent Vacation dan Get A Grip mendapatkan tempat di hati
penggemar baru mereka, yang notabene tak mengenali lagu-lagu lama mereka,
termasuk Dream On.
Beberapa penyanyi membawakan kembali lagu ini. Eminem
menjadikannya dasar untuk lagunya yang rilis tahun 2002, Sing For The Moment,
dan ggitaris Aerosmith, Joe Perry bermain gitar untuk Eminem. Ada Ronnie James
Dio yang membawakan lagu ini untuk album Aerosmith Tribute: Not The Same Old
Song & Dance yang rilis pada September 1999. Yngwie Johann Malmsteen
urun permainan gitar. Versi baru juga hadir di serial Glee. Versi yang
dibawakan Neil Patrick Harris ini juga berhasil masuk tangga lagu.
Dream On
Every time 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 year
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear
Sing with me if it's 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 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,
Dream until your dreams come true
Dream on, dream on, dream on,
Dream on, dream on,
Dream on, dream on, ah
Sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear
Sing with me if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away
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...
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 year
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear
Sing with me if it's 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 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,
Dream until your dreams come true
Dream on, dream on, dream on,
Dream on, dream on,
Dream on, dream on, ah
Sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear
Sing with me if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away
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...
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