"Is it cloak and dagger, could it be spring or fall?
I walk without a cut through a stained glass wall"
These two lines are the best lines/metaphors in this entire song, and they pretty much explain the whole song. Basically, Nancy is trying to interpret her dreams. She probably doesn't even know what they truly mean herself. Anything can happen in dreams. You can be anyone, do anything, and your mind can edit anything because dreams aren't real.
To me, "I search for the time on a watch with no hands", means dreams are timeless. The timeline in your dreams can go for decades when, in reality, you've only been sleeping or day dreaming for a few hours. OR it can also mean you want more. You want that dream to go on forever because it's so good. Everyone's had that dream that's so amazing, but then you wake up and it's gone.
"Is it cloak and dagger, could it be spring or fall? I walk without a cut through a stained glass wall." This line describes how your mind creates a dream. 'What am I wearing? What am I doing? Where am I? What's the setting like? What can I do or what am I capable of doing?' The answer is anything because it's a dream. I don't think Nancy Wilson is trying to further people's understandings of her own dreams, but she's trying to describe dreams in general. I think she's trying to let us know that when you dream, it's like a completely different world.
"I search for the time on a watch with no hands"
"Is it cloak and dagger, could it be spring or fall? I walk without a cut through a stained glass wall"
These two lines are the best lines/metaphors in this entire song, and they pretty much explain the whole song. Basically, Nancy is trying to interpret her dreams. She probably doesn't even know what they truly mean herself. Anything can happen in dreams. You can be anyone, do anything, and your mind can edit anything because dreams aren't real.
To me, "I search for the time on a watch with no hands", means dreams are timeless. The timeline in your dreams can go for decades when, in reality, you've only been sleeping or day dreaming for a few hours. OR it can also mean you want more. You want that dream to go on forever because it's so good. Everyone's had that dream that's so amazing, but then you wake up and it's gone.
"Is it cloak and dagger, could it be spring or fall? I walk without a cut through a stained glass wall." This line describes how your mind creates a dream. 'What am I wearing? What am I doing? Where am I? What's the setting like? What can I do or what am I capable of doing?' The answer is anything because it's a dream. I don't think Nancy Wilson is trying to further people's understandings of her own dreams, but she's trying to describe dreams in general. I think she's trying to let us know that when you dream, it's like a completely different world.