I Dreamed a Dream

This is a songfic by Nighty. OA is Fantine from Les Miserables (a play). Tragedy time! :D

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 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.