4th century BC
Plato
- Idealism — forms over particulars
- The Republic ethic: “God is not the author of evil”
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I had it backwards all along
I thought that this was solid and the rest was just a song
But the realest thing there is
Is the Mind that's dreaming this
And I am sleeping somewhere safe
Inside a kinder world than I can name
A dream that doesn't fade at dawn
A dream that knows my frame
[Chorus]
I'm a dream in His head
And it's better than awake
Not a fever, not a shadow
Not a thing that He could shake
He is dreaming something gentle
He is dreaming something good
And when I open up my eyes
I'll be standing where He stood
[Verse 2]
The cynic calls it foolish
That a world could be a thought
But he can't explain the sunrise
Or the wonder that he's caught
I'd rather be a dream of God
Than an accident of mud
I'd rather be imagined
By a Mind that's made of love
[Chorus]
I'm a dream in His head
And it's better than awake
Not a fever, not a shadow
Not a thing that He could shake
He is dreaming something gentle
He is dreaming something good
And when I open up my eyes
I'll be standing where He stood
[Bridge]
Dream me kindly through the night
Dream me out into the light
And when the dreaming turns to morning
Let me wake up in Your sight
[Outro]
I'm a dream in His head
And it's better than awake
And when I open up my eyes
I'll be standing where He stood
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