I Dreamed A Dream

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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
(But the tigers come at night)
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
(As they tear your hope apart)
And they turn your dream to shame

And still I dream she'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.

Catch me, Demi Lovato

Before I fall too fast
Kiss me quick
But make it last
So I can see
How badly this will hurt me
When you say goodbye

Keep it sweet
Keep it slow
Let the future pass
And don’t let go
But tonight, I could fall too soon
Into this beautiful moonlight

But you’re so hypnotizing
You’ve got me laughing while I sing
You’ve got me smiling in my sleep
And I can see this unraveling
Your love is where I’m falling
But please don’t catch me

See, this heart
Won’t settle down
Like a child running scared from a clown
I’m terrified of what you’ll do
My stomach screams
Just when I look at you

Run far away
So I can breathe
Even though you’re far from suffocating me
I can’t set my hopes too high
‘Cause every hello
Ends with a goodbye

But you’re so hypnotizing
You’ve got me laughing while I sing
You’ve got me smiling in my sleep
And I can see this unraveling
Your love is where I’m falling
But please don’t catch me

So now you see
Why I’m scared
I can’t open up my heart
Without a care
But here I go
It’s what I feel
And for the first time in my life
I know it’s real

But you’re so hypnotizing
You’ve got me laughing while I sing
You’ve got me smiling in my sleep
And I can see this unraveling
Your love is where I’m falling
So please don’t catch me
If this is love
Please don’t break me
I’m giving up
So just catch me

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Yeah, pretty beautiful song. When I first heard it I was pulled to it in such a way that it might inspire another poem. And a recent dream made me listen to this song much more, almost as if it were the soundtrack to the story that was good while it lasted.

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