Threat simulation theory - This theory was proposed by Antti Revonsuo and states the biological function of dreaming is to simulate threatening events and then rehearse threat avoidance behaviors.
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"When You Come" appears on Crowded House's greatest hits album Recurring Dream (June 1996) and was also performed at the group's farewell concert, released as Farewell to the World (November 1996).
The song later appeared on Crowded House's greatest hits compilation Recurring Dream and was performed at the group's farewell concert Farewell to the World.
Meanwhile Carey's own narrative digresses into history and anecdote, touching on Sydney's uneasy race relations and a horrific recurring dream involving the Harbour Bridge, and culminating in a dramatic late night incident in a rooftop squat.
This song was issued as a 12" promotional single in the USA to promote the soundtrack to the 1988 Mel Gibson film Tequila Sunrise. It also appears on the Ricky and Pete soundtrack (Tass and Parker, 1988). A re-recorded version of "Recurring Dream" appears on the Crowded House compilation album Afterglow (1999).
The story, inspired by the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty," features singer-songwriter Tom Waits as himself in recurring dream sequences, and a surprise ending.