I dreamed a dream...

I dreamed a dream in days 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 was I young and unfraid
and dreams were made and used and wasted,
there was no ransom to be paid,
no song unsong, no wine untasted.

But tigers come at night
with her voices soft and 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 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 this hell I'm living.
So different now from what it seemed,
now life has killed the dream I dreamed.