Susan Boyle Made Me Cry

It was only last week when I saw the video of Susan Boyle on youtube. I heard about her from the people at work and saw news about her from Yahoo, which happens to be my homepage whenever I surf the net. But I didn't really got to see her video singing Fantine's I Dreamed a Dream until last week. What a powerful voice she has! I was amazed by how effortless she sang. And yes, the people who were making faces when she was being introduced, the people who gave her insulting looks, were the same people who gave her a standing ovation when they heard her sing. And that was what made me cry. She has proven once again that we should not judge a book by its cover.

Here are the lyrics of the song I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables.

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.