Hey Ellie,

According to a dream dictionary getting a key means you're going to open yourself to new experiences, and further develop your personality. It might be something that he already went through, thus he knows how to do it (has the keys).
just a thought

take care,
Vagabound

Thanks for your inputs, Bets what you say about his lyrics having a significance, his battle with drugs helped me to understand what my son's Dad went through with addiction (my first post on here was about a dream i had a few weeks after he died from alcohol and heroin) when i found Laynes story and listened to his lyrics it seemed to come together for me, i dont know if that's why i feel such a connection to Layne but his life and death and his music have never wavered for me since learning about him, i mean alot of deaths affect me but with Layne it's more than sorrow for a lost life and for the last 2 years i have wanted him to come to me through dreams but he never so i just stopped wishing for it and assumed it would never happen so when he finally appeared last night and it involved these keys i just felt it was more than just a dream and there was a message in there just as there seems to be everytime i dream of a soul  that comes to me in dream from the afterlife , i do email his mum and her me every now and again and i do have his name tattooed on my shoulder, something again i've never had an interest in but for some reason i felt compelled  to have his name on me, all i know is when i hear his voice he really does touch my soul in a way no other singer has ever done i think that would be so cool he has been drawn to me through my love of what he accomplished in life and came into my dreamstance to give me a message or sign with the keys

thank you for replying i always know if i have a question about a soul i can always get some great advice fromthe good people of here without ridicule

kind regards Ellie x

It occurs to me that the word "key" also refers to the "key" in which music is designed, that which defines it, and also that different musical instruments are designed for different "keys".  Your "key" and his may be different.  Never taking off your own key might mean something in this sense.