Lyrics I Dreamed a Dream

I Dreamed A Dream is a song from the musical Les Misérables, which is based on the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. The song is sung by the character Fantine during the first act after being abandoned by her lover and left to raise her daughter Cosette alone, leading her to reflect on her youth and lost dreams. The musical was originally released in French in 1980, with the English version premiering in London in 1985. The song has bec ... See more [+] 

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 will 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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