Freud suggested that dreams reveal unconscious conflicts and forbidden wishes too threatening for waking, conscious contemplation.  Jung suggested that dreams were teachers, and that if we paid attention to the universal symbols contained in our dreams, we would know what path to take when presented with multiple paths, and multiple choices. 

Scrooge, in Charles Dickens' "A CHRISTMAS CAROL," blamed the visit of a spirit in a chilling dream on "a bit of undigested beef," alluding to the physiological antecedents that likely also play a role in the formation and content of dreams.  In the following song, it is suggested that dreams serve another function, that of hiding aspects of conscious, waking experiences that would rather be forgotten.  In this song, the subject of the song finds comfort from heartache in the unlikely form of the dream. 

After listening to the song, share a dream you have had that serves this same escapist function. 

In My Dreams my Heart Ain't Broke
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2012

In My Dreams My Heart Ain't Broke
when I went to sleep last night
I was holdin' you so tight
but you were gone when I awoke
in my dreams my heart ain't broke

last night when I went to bed
you were there inside my head
all my dreams went up in smoke
but in my dreams
my heart ain't broke

in my dreams
our love was strong
but I awoke
to a sad, sad song
the morn revealed a cruel joke
but in my dreams my heart ain't broke