Hey Travis, I have had some dreams like that as well, although sometimes I'm fairly sure it's because I'm wanting to find some deeper meaning.
The subconscious really is "undiscovered country", mostly because it's unique to each individual. Because of our conscious intelligence, we are able to ponder what dreams mean. Some think they are fairly random "musings", but I believe there are clear pointers to some quite deep messages within dreams (lucid or otherwise), even if there is a danger the mind is fooling us. I suspect that some of the messages may be a little disturbing at times, like acknowledgement of our fears, desires or frailties, but they could offer insight into who we really are.
Of course sometimes the weirdness of dreams can make it difficult to decode the underlying message.

Lucid dreams have another layer of complexity, because the conscious mind is having influence. I wonder if some of my (few) deeper LDs, where philosophical thoughts have come in, are nothing to do with subconscious, in other words I can't really remember a non-lucid where I had the same inciteful thoughts. That makes me think that the subconscious mind is really the baser part of the mind - more animal like, with less higher thought.