SANS ATTENDRE

The Power Of The Dream (As performed at the Opening Ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games)

LYRICS

Deep within each heart
There lies a magic spark
That lights the fire of our imagination
And since the dawn of man
The strength of just "I can"
Has brought together people of all nations

There’s nothing ordinary
In the living of each day
There’s a special part
Every one of us will play

Feel the flame forever burn
Teaching lessons we must learn
To bring us closer to the power of the dream
As the world gives us its best
To stand apart from all the rest
It is the power of the dream that brings us here

Your mind will take you far
The rest is just pure heart
You’ll find your fate is all your own creation
Every boy and girl
As they come into this world
They bring the gift of hope and inspiration

Feel the flame forever burn
Teaching lessons we must learn
To bring us closer to the power of the dream
The world unites in hope and peace
We pray that it will always be
It is the power of the dream that brings us here

There’s so much strength in all of us
Every woman child and man
It’s the moment that you think you can’t
You’ll discover that you can

Feel the flame forever burn
Teaching lessons we must learn
To bring us closer to the power of the dream
The world unites in hope and peace
We pray that it will always be
It is the power of the dream that brings us here

Feel the flame forever burn
Teaching lessons we must learn
To bring us closer to the power of the dream
The world unites in hope and peace
We pray that it will always be
It is the power of the dream that brings us here

The power of the dream
The faith in things unseen
The courage to embrace your fear
No matter where you are
To reach for your own star
To realize the power of the dream


--
(David Foster / Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds / L. Thompson)
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I believe that dreams are the beginning of the road to success. This song encourages me to follow my dreams.

I can't imagine how this song has changed everything in my life. It is always true that everything starts from a seed of dreams. To all individuals behind this song, thank you very much for bringing this song to the world. Without this song, I could never have realized the power of my dreams.

I feel this song holds a note of great importance of the dreams and goals, hopes and desires that should not be witheld but sought from within and sorted into the realities that all desire.

This song always leads me back to my inner strength, when I watch the footage of Ciline singing at the openings ceremony I always get goosebumps all over. I try to imagine what Ciline must have felt like there on that stage in front of a couple billion people. At first she's on the top of her nerves and a minute into the song she totally goes with the song and she opens up, you can see the change in her face. This song always reminds me of the fact that nothing is impossible as long as you keep believing in your dreams. The sentence "It's the moment that you think you can't, you discover that you can." always puts things in perspective and gives me the strength to go on. Thanks David, Babyface and Ciline for this incredible song. I love you...