Dream Machine
Mark Farina; Sean Hayes Lyrics

What you thinking of?
Asking someone what they are thinking about.

Man, what you doing?
Asking someone what they are doing.

What you think you can do?
Asking someone what they believe they are capable of doing.

What you are
Asking someone what their identity is.

What you do
Asking someone what their occupation is.

Looking out at ripples on the dance floor
Observing the visual effect of movements of the people on the dance floor.

Yeah, what you mean iss what you get
What you communicate is what you will receive.

Did you forget to know what the end is?
Asking someone if they know what the outcome or result will be.

To begin clearing
Starting a process of removing obstacles or uncertainties.

Dream machine
Concept of a machine that can create dreams.

Did you get everything you asked for?
Asking if someone achieved everything they wished for.

Rattlesnake, a charm on the dance floor
Metaphor for the danger or risk that exists in the environment of a dance floor.

Dance floor, the dance floor
Referring to the physical space of the dance floor.

Love's rage, broken page
Describing the emotional turbulence that arises from love.

Electric lights and glass bone nights
Describing the surreal or dreamlike quality of the night scene, which is highlighted by artificial lights.

Electric lines run through your minds
Alluding to the way in which electricity and electronics have penetrated into our minds and become integral to our identity and experience of life.

Distractions with radio contraptions
Referring to the way that media and technology can distract us from what is important in life.

Pipe ashes, night glasses
Alluding to indulgences, such as smoking, and eyewear or lenses that enhance the way in which we see things.

Tick tock, hear the wind lick the window
Highlighting the auditory and tactile sensations that one experiences at night and also the clock's continuous progression forward.

Ignited, you're invited
Invitation to be inspired and motivated.

Growing, sprouting from the backbone
Alluding to something that is flourishing and becoming stronger.

Mr. Jones, you don't know what you came for
Metaphor for aimless wandering, implying that often people participate in activities without a specific purpose.

We are like those two mirrors
Metaphor for two individuals reflecting each other's thoughts, feelings and actions.

Steaming in the rain
Depiction of two people in a romantic embrace in the midst of the rain, the steaming symbolizing the heat of their passion.

Oh we are those two lovers
Affirming the two people in the previous line are lovers.

Holding each other's hands
Symbol of an intimate and romantic connection between the two people.