But There Are Dreams That Cannot Be

I Dreamed A Dream

There was a time when men were kind,
And 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 when 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...


憑這首音樂劇 Les Miserables（悲慘世界）裏面描寫夢想破滅的歌，47嵗的Susan Boyle夢想成真，紅了人紅了歌 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY ，Susan唱功不錯，但她欠缺Fantine的元素，所以她不可能是Fantine，因爲劇中後者只有20嵗，癡心錯附，為撫養女兒而當娼，這歌就是她講述自己的夢想破滅，找到該劇十周年紀念演唱會，由飾演Fantine的Ruthie Henshal演唱的版本。http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt-IBJpEMzA

所謂四大音樂劇裏，我看過跟不上時代步伐的Miss Saigon（西貢小姐），科幻的Cats（貓），尚欠Les Miserables （悲慘世界）和 The Phantom of the Opera (魅影歌聲)。俗稱Les Mis的悲慘世界，由雨果原著改編，劇如其名，多年前已從收音機領教過其中一首歌Empty Chairs and Empty Tables 的感染力，因爲太悲慘，所以想看不敢看，早年在香港公演時錯過了，怕到了有機會看，會不敢看。

But there are dreams that cannot be，到底 can be還是 cannot be，到夢醒時分就會知道，Fantine的夢，又是一椿明知不該為而為之。