This song was written by Persia and Gary Numan. Persia is Gary Numan’s daughter. Most of the song was written by Persia with the chorus, chorus piano melody, and strings and string arrangements along with the lyrics were written by Gary Numan.

Numan has said that the lyrics were inspired by observing his own family and how his children’s creative dreams mirrored his own at their ages. He has said that the inevitability of those innocent dreams change from when you are young to when you are older as disappointments and reality intrudes.