I Dreamed A Dream

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 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 you hope apart,
as 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.