The crowd came to silence The spotlights are shining A tale has to be told In any age All the world is a stage A play will now begin There once was a child With a dream in his mind And a thousand things to learn But with each passing day His childhood sleeps away How soon the first act ends All the dreams that we have Are lost along the way Victims of real life Now the child is a boy And new dreams have evolved He strives to make them real Not the fear in his heart Nor a past full of pain Will take away his hope But how cruel life is And although he resists New problems will appear So he'll loose one more chance Time destroys all his plans The second act is done All the dreams that we have Are lost along the way Victims of real life We are looking For the meaning of our lives But our faults remain the same And the truth Will be distant from our hearts Where our dreams will never end But our fate is in command Now the boy is a man Though his visions remain He knows they have no chance A heart full of hate All his hope driven away Life's worn down his defence How many lives In the world born and die In disillusionment Not allowed to have dreams And one day make'em real This tale will never end All the dreams that we have Are lost along the way Victims of real life We are looking For the meaning of our lives But our faults remain the same And the truth Will be distant from our hearts Where our dreams will never... We are looking For the meaning of our lives But our faults remain the same And the truth Will be distant from our hearts Where our dreams will never end But our fate is in command But our fate is in command But our fate is in command