I Dreamed a Dream está ambientado durante 1823 en Montreuil-sur-Mer. La canta Fantine tras quedarse sola y despedida de su trabajo. Durante la canción, piensa en volver a sus días de felicidad pasados y se sorprende de todas las cosas que le han ido mal en la vida.
La canción se conoce como J'avais Rêvé d'Une Autre Vie (original) / J'avais rêvé (reedición) en la producción francesa, Soñé una vida en la española, Ich hab geträumt vor langer Zeit en la alemana y Mijn Droom en la holandesa.
Letra[]
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 untested.
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 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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Curiosidades[]
Fue la canción escogida por Susan Boyle para la audición de Tienes Talento en 2009, la cual sirvió para catapultar su fama.
