I dreamed a dream

I'm sure you all know this by now, but just for the record:

Susan Boyle, singing I dreamed a dream from Les Miserables. (Coincidentally, I just read the book weeks ago, it was part of my list of 100 must-read books. haha)

It was the first time I heard of the song, but the lyrics really blew me away. It's so full of despair yet has a strong persistence to live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY <-- check it out here as embedding is disabled.


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
Then it all went wrong

I dreamed a dream in times 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 much different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed
The dream I dreamed.