I have always liked musical theater, but for some strange reason I was not familiar with the music from Les Miserables. The first time I ever heard this song was when I heard Susan Boyles rendition on YouTube. I have to say it brought a tear to my eye, not just because of the magical A Star is Born moment that Ms. Boyle shared with the world...but because I was listening to my life being sung...
I grew up in a very loving family in which I was encouraged to always do my best and to be a good person. To the best of my ability I have tried to live life like that. I did well in school, went to college and forged a fairly successful career in the field of public education. On a personal level I focused on just a couple of, back-to-back, long term relationships which, although sometimes struggled with the regular ups and downs of any relationship, were always filled with love and loyalty. I also tried to bring a spiritual consciousness to my life by following a disciplined but loving spiritual path. In many ways, I had the ideal life.
Music has always been my love, and while I made an effort to build a sensible life, I always tried to find ways to keep music alive in my life. However, as close as I had gotten a couple of times to some musical success, the door never quite seemed to open.
Then, a few years ago I met some people who I thought had the power and the desire to help me to make my musical dreams come true. Everything just seemed to align and I was certain that this time success was just around the corner: I had the music, the desire and the work ethic, and they had the connections and the keys to the right doors. I was elated!
I took the plunge and risked everything to make this dream come true. Unfortunately a series of unexpected events curtailed the projects success. Three years into this fiasco my career was over, my marriage was over, and after unspeakable heartache the dream was over...
So... when I heard Susan Boyle sing the line...now life has killed the dream I dreamed I knew the song had been written for me to sing it.
This story is not all sad, however...
The events of the past few years have forced me to turn to God/Mother Divine for guidance and solace, and although at times it has been very hard on a lot of levels, I can honestly say Mother Divine has never let me down...I have a new career now in the field of Virtual Customer Service, for which I feel very blessed and I am developing an awesome new family of friends through YouTube!
I will be uploading a few more songs from musicals in the next few weeks that will sort of tell my little story of loss and spiritual redemption if you play them in sequence. :)
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Peace, Love and Kindness!!
Juan Loren
P.S. Susan Boyle, If you happen to hear this, I think you are sweet and terrific. Thank you for bringing this song to my attention...and, if you want to do a duet, just let me know through this channel! Love!
P.S.S. One last thing...sorry about the quality of the video...it was recorded with my Super-Duper, Extra Amazing, Ultra Hi-Tech $21 webcam (LOL!) which simply refuses to keep the visual track and vocal track consistently in sync...
Lyrics:
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 dreams to shame.
And still I dream of love for me,
That loneliness wont be forever,
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...
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Oh my...you have a wonderful voice! I've heard many different renditions but not one quite like yours. Amazing! I hope to do a cover of this sometime in the future as well. This is one of my favorite songs ever. Your personal story that you've shared made your rendition of this song more meaningful as well. Thank you for sharing. :)
musicluva33 1 month ago
@musicluva33 Thank you! Peace and light!
JuanLorenZerimar 1 month ago
sounds great! enjoyed your version, hope you check out mine too!
DoritSings 5 months ago
@DoritSings Thank you! God bless!
JuanLorenZerimar 1 month ago
wow this is a fantastic cover of this song, you have an amazing voice keep up the good work !!!
luisf1z3 8 months ago
@luisf1z3 Thank you so much! Thank you for visiting! Peace!
JuanLorenZerimar 8 months ago