There was a time when hope was high When the future was ours And his words resounding There was a time when we would try And he’d speak of the stars And the stars were astounding There was a time Then it all went wrong
I dreamed a dream in time gone by When he was here And still surviving I dreamed that we would never die I dreamed that we would all be thriving And he was young and unafraid His dreams were new and bright and wasted There were no rules from which we’d strayed No arrows loosed No losses tasted
But the highbloods come at dawn With their laughter soft as thunder As they tear your soul apart And they burn your dream in flame
He spent his lifetime by my side He spoke to all of endless wonder They took my child all in a stride And he was gone and I was chained
And still I dream he’ll speak to me That I will see him age much longer But there are dreams that cannot be And there are trials for his mother I had a dream our lives could be So different from this pain we’re living So different from how he’d screamed Now they have killed the dream I dreamed