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Interpreting The Song 'Dream On' By Steven Tyler
Dream on is a song performed by Aerosmith written by the lead singer Steven Tyler. It was released in the 1970s, but till now, still many famous singers covering this song. Through this song, Steven Tyler wanted to deliver a message that we should learn from the past, treasure the present, never lose our dreams towards our future and to appreciate our lives.

For its structure, this song mainly divides into three different parts which talks about the past, present and the future respectively. The first verse is about the singers could feel the time was keep going on and it was irreversible by saying that “his lines on his face getting clearer”. It then used “going by like dusk to dawn”, which is something that’s always true to describe everybody
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