Laurie Anderson - Dreaming of Life Before Birth lyrics

Strange, but after all this time – 30
000 years of human civilisation –
We still have no
Idea why we dream of course there are lots
Of theories and one theory of SIDS, or
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, has to do
With dreaming sIDS, or Crib Death
Is the mysterious phenomenon
Of the death of a baby, who just suddenly
Stops breathing and, according to the theory
The baby dies during REM sleep a period
When dreams of the past are
The most intense and these dreams are
From before the baby was
Born before the baby began to breathe
And the dreams are so real
That the baby gets lost in
Them and just stops breathing

And when you see an x ray of a child's head
You see the second pair of
Teeth right above the baby
Teeth and this second pair of
Teeth is ready to drop down into place
When the first set falls out now
Wouldn't it be great to
Have a second brain? Or a reserve heart?
That would just drop down into place
When the first one breaks