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
And 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.
曾经，人们都很和善
他们语气都很温柔
他们的话都很亲切
曾经，爱是盲目的
世界就像首歌，而那歌是多么的令人振奋
很久以前是这样的
然而后来一切开始变调了
我梦到往日的一个梦
那时充满希望
生命有价值
我梦到爱永不凋零
我梦到上帝是宽容的
那时我仍年轻无惧
我浪掷梦想
而无须付出任何代价
无歌不唱，无酒不尝
然而老虎却在夜里
带着他们低沉如雷的声音来到
他们将你的希望撕裂
他们让你的梦想幻灭
他陪了我一个夏季
用无尽的惊喜充实了我的生活
他轻易地丰富了我年轻的时光
但是秋天降临时他离去了
而我还梦想着他会回到我身边
那我们就可以永远在一起
但那是无法实现的梦想
那是我们无法捱过的暴风雨
我曾梦想着我的人生
完全不像我现在地狱般的生活
现在完全不像我曾经想像的
如今现实的生活已经扼杀了我昔日的梦想
