I imagine this song being sung to a child Sleeping out and looking up at the stars and Realizing how large and incredible the world is. I used to get scared looking up at the stars at night because it was like looking at billions of other worlds ... it′s easy to get so caught up in the gears of life (work, school, obligations, responsibilities) that we lost any sort of creative ambition or desire for ridiculous adventures, and so the only time we have to imagine Is when we sleep. i originally had a line in the song that said "its so sad to only dream when you sleep," and i really think it's true. maybe if we allowed ourselves the time to take a step back and realize how wonderful our world can be (if we stop destroying it, that is) we could dream up all kinds of things for ourselves.