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