Any Dream Will Do

This song was in the musical, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. Thus, I would assume that there will be biblical context in it, or at least whatever was shown in the musical. In a summary, Joseph could interpret what dreams meant, and therefore became sort of a prophet, so I would say that the dream here is the symbolism of direction.

JOSEPH: I close my eyes, drew back the curtain To see for certain, what I thought I knew

It may seems illogical that the speaker drew back the curtain yet was closing his eyes. However, the closing of the eye could mean that the speaker is escaping from the reality world, or the world as the society sees. In another words, the world, seen from our eyes, is based on our human logic and earthly understandings. Thus, the speaker is trying to see the world at a different point of view, most probably from Heaven. The drawing back of curtain then represents the willingness to open up to new ideas and insights.

Far far away, someone was weeping But the world was sleeping Any dream will do

I have read some interpretation of this verse, and I find it accurate. The someone refers to Heaven, where whoever up there was sad to see the world in such chaos, yet the world is ignorant and oblivious to it, thus sleeping peacefully. So in order to give them some directions, the speaker hoped that Heaven could shine the path for them in the form of dreams, any type of dreams will do, any directions will do.

JOSEPH & CHILDREN: I wore my coat (I wore my coat), with golden lining (Ahhh) Bright colors shining (Ahhhh), wonderful and new

And in the east (and in the east), the dawn was breaking (Ahhh) And the world was waking (Ahhhh) Any dream will do

There is the symbolism of hope, as dawn is usually used to describe a new beginning, which in a way, hope. So perhaps, the speaker hoped to use this gifts, as a dream interpreter, to be sensitive to whatever Heaven got to say, to receive the directions from Heaven.

JOSEPH: A crash of drums, a flash of light My golden coat flew out of sight The colors faded into darkness I was left alone

However, the speaker had his talents as a dream interpreter wasted, unrecognised, and condemned, or ignored. Thus the colors faded into darkness describes his feeling of hope — crushed hope.

JOSEPH & CHILDREN May I return (May I return) to the beginning (Ahhh) The light is dimming (Ahhhh), and the dream is too The world and I (The world and I), we are still waiting (Ahhh) Still hesitating (Ahhhh) Any dream will do

The speaker really hoped that he could be allowed to use his talents as a dream interpreter to give the world a sense of direction. There is also a second meaning to the dream in this stanza, which is a symbolism of hope. This time, however, is the hope to escape the “punishments”. Therefore, the light is dimming, on one hand, the world will have lesser directions to go, on the other hand, his fate or destiny is getting vaguer, and he started to doubt this talents, that he started to lose hope.

Surprised this song is here. I just all of a sudden got it stuck in my head and decided to see if it was up and I was singing it right.

I Closed My Eyes, Drew back my foreskin, Then stuck it right in Then came on her chin It looked like a beard

Will that dream do.... cunt.

RemyKilledElvis.... You Are A Cunt

And you didn't kill elvis

... Cunt

ok, how about commenting on the actual song, not those who comment on it cough FLying Dutchman Cough this song is so beautiful, its about how if you actually try, you can achieve them

I think the lyrics can mean something different to us all, like our dreams. We all dream, when we sleep, when we wake, different sort of dreams but we live in our dreams. So my take is part of my own dream. It does have a religious overtone, I think, it follows a biblical story, but the meaning, I think, is more general. It's about all of us, as we live our dream and our longing to feel completed by something we feel inside us but which escapes us on the outside. You can call it a longing for God if you like, or home base. Drawing back the curtain is a sort of inverted meaning to me. The curtain is what's on the outside, the things we clutter our lives with, cars, houses, jobs, day to day selves. Pulling back the curtain is to look inside not out. Far far away someone is weeping, Again this could be our distant selves, the one we've lost; it could be a connection we've lost. I can relate to the poster above, in that this has to be the connection to our true self, God, somewhere along those lines. Wore my coat with golden lining: coming into the world, dawn breaking, , the idea is maybe as pure. Crash of drums, flash of light, experiences of the world to which we're subject, our human nature, we all no is imperfect. So yeah, I don't think it's religious but is a very spiritual song.

I think everyone has missed the point with this song. There is no hidden interpretation other than the song lyrics follow the story of the musical.

In the musical he has prophetic dreams and can interpret dreams, it is sang at the start and doesn’t make any sense but then as the story unfolds it turns out he has dreamed the story prior to it actually happening.

I.e he gets the coat, it is taken from him by his brothers and then he returns to the beginning as he is reunited with his father, brothers and coat.

The song is then sang at the end of the musical so the audience realise the connection between the events of the musical and his dreams prior.