La canción I Dreamed A Dream forma parte del musical Les Misérables, que está basado en la novela de 1862 del mismo nombre por Victor Hugo. La canción es cantada por el personaje Fantine durante el primer acto después de ser abandonada por su amante y dejarla para criar sola a su hija Cosette, lo que lleva a reflexionar sobre su juventud y sueños perdidos. El musical fue lanzado originalmente en francés en 1980, con la versión en inglés estrenánd ... Ver más [+] ose en Londres en 1985. La canción se ha convertido en una de las más famosas del musical, siendo ampliamente cubierta e interpretada en varios medios.
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.