GLEE CAST LYRICS - I Dreamed A Dream

"I Dreamed A Dream"

(feat. Idina Menzel)



There was a time when men were kind

Their voices were soft

And their words inviting



There was a time when love was blind

And the world was a song

And that song was exciting



There was a time, and it all went wrong



I dreamed a dream in days 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

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 dreamed he'd come to me

That we would 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 diff'rent from this hell I'm living

So diff'rent now from what it seemed

Now life has killed the dream I dreamed