What is the meaning of the Dream By Shinedown?

Answer 1

The song is about getting caught up in a system where you are not you.

For example:

Whisper in the yard and turn the trees all into toys Lay there on the ground, and turn the dirt into your joy

From what I see and what I know, it's all been boring lately

So I suggest we trade a question mark in for a maybe

This means that you need make the best out of what you have and be yourself.

Time your riddles right, and make a point that has no sense

Make sure that you're smiling, and the money's been well spent

Innocence and ignorance, it all goes hand in hand

I'm not sure that I'm right, but I hope you'll understand

I hope that you're still searching for the start that has no end

And all the plastic people have now become your friends

Before you start to drift and your soul begins to scream

I just wanted to tell you that you're listening to a dream

This part is where it is explaining you getting caught up in a system. Make sure your smiling, this means you are getting putting on a mask. Same with the money being well spent. Innocence and ignorance goes hand in hand, it means that your thinking what other innocent people think may only make you ignorant by copying them. A start that has no end, this means you will get caught up in this whole thing. The plastic people are doing this, and expect you to do the same. When your soul starts to scream is when you want to break out. The morale of the song is that you have to wake up from the dream that is the world that is controlling you.