i dreamed a dream

i've never watched les miserables.. but i always remembered dajie saying how lovely it was when she watched it at victoria concert hall. she was singing the songs for days on end.. i could even memorise 'castle on the cloud'. anyway, check out this lady. she sure gave one hell of a performance. 

this isn't the actual musical.. but she still sounds angelic.

you might want to turn up the volume for this one.

i love the harp at the beginning of the piece.. just before the first stanza. (:

there was a time when men were kind

and their voices were soft

and their words were inviting

there was a time when love was blind

and the world was a song

and the song was exciting

there was a time 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 reason to be paid

no song unsung, no wine untasted

but the tigers come at night

with their voices soft as thunder

as they turn your hope apart

as they turn your dreams 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 i still 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 different from the hell i'm living

so different now from what i seemed

now life has killed the dream i dreamed