Tuesday 5 June 2012

On Repeat - Les Misérables: I Dreamed A Dream


Just because i'm in that kind of mood. I have not watched the stage play Les Misérables, but Anne Hathaway's rendition of I Dreamed A Dream in the trailer for the upcoming movie resonated with me, and I had to hear the full original. I was listening to it shortly before I heard about the plane crash. Its not exactly fitting in terms of lyrics but...it kinda is. 
Lyrics after the cut.





There was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
When it all went wrong 

I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted

There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung
No wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
And they turn your dream to shame


He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came
And still I dream he'll come to me
That we'll live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed
The dream I dreamed.



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