A Million Dreams – English Lyrics

• By: P!nk
• Album: The Greatest Showman: Reimagined

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the inspiring story and meaning behind P!nk's "A Million Dreams," a song that encourages listeners to embrace their dreams and create a better world. Explore the lyrics, musical style, and the emotional connection that has made this song a modern anthem of hope and determination. Perfect for learners interested in themes of dreaming, perseverance, and positive change.

[English]

I close my eyes and I can see

A world that's waiting up for me

That I call my own

Through the dark, through the door

Through where no one's been before

But it feels like home

They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy

They can say, they can say I've lost my mind

I don't care, I don't care, if they call me crazy

We can live in a world that we design

'Cause every night, I lie in bed

The brightest colors fill my head

A million dreams are keeping me awake

I think of what the world could be

A vision of the one I see

A million dreams is all it's gonna take

Oh, a million dreams for the world we're gonna make

...

There's a house we can build

Every room inside is filled with things from far away

Special things I compile

Each one there to make you smile on a rainy day

They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy

They can say, they can say we've lost our minds

See, I don't care, I don't care if they call us crazy

Run away to a world that we design

'Cause every night, I lie in bed

The brightest colors fill my head

A million dreams are keeping me awake

I think of what the world could be

A vision of the one I see

A million dreams is all it's gonna take

Oh, a million dreams for the world we're gonna make

However big, however small

Let me be part of it all

Share your dreams with me

We may be right, we may be wrong

But I wanna bring you along to the world I see

To the world we close our eyes to see

We close our eyes to see

Every night, I lie in bed

The brightest colors fill my head

A million dreams are keeping me awake

I think of what the world could be

A vision of the one I see

A million dreams is all it's gonna take

A million dreams for the world we're gonna make

...

For the world we're gonna make

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
close /kloʊz/ A1	verb - to shut (something)
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes
world /wɜːld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to give (someone or something) a specified name
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to be aware of (something) through physical sensation
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness
live /lɪv/ A1	verb - to remain alive
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours
bed /bed/ A1	noun - a piece of furniture for sleep or rest
colors /ˈkʌlərz/ A1	noun - the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light.
dreams /driːmz/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
build /bɪld/ A2	verb - to construct (something, especially a building)
house /haʊs/ A1	noun - a building for human habitation
away /əˈweɪ/ A1	adverb - to or at a distance from a particular place or person.
special /ˈspeʃəl/ A2	adjective - different from what is usual, better or greater than normal.
rainy /ˈreɪni/ A2	adjective - having much rain

Key Grammar Structures

• I close my eyes and I can see A world that's waiting up for me

  ➔ Relative Clause with "that"

  ➔ The clause "that's waiting up for me" modifies "a world." "That" is a relative pronoun introducing a clause that provides more information about the noun "world."

• Through where no one's been before But it feels like home

  ➔ Prepositional phrase introducing a place + "like" for comparison

  ➔ "Through where no one's been before" uses "where" as a relative adverb. "Feels like home" uses "like" to express a similarity.

• They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy

  ➔ Modal verb "can" for possibility/ability

  ➔ "Can" expresses the potential or possibility that someone will say something sounds crazy.

• We can live in a world that we design

  ➔ Relative clause with "that" modifying "a world"

  ➔ "That we design" provides more information about the type of world being referred to.

• A million dreams are keeping me awake

  ➔ Present continuous tense for an ongoing action/state

  ➔ "Are keeping" indicates that the dreams are continually preventing the speaker from sleeping.

• I think of what the world could be

  ➔ Indirect Question / Noun Clause with "what"

  ➔ "What the world could be" acts as the object of the verb "think of." It's a noun clause introduced by "what" expressing uncertainty or possibility.

• Let me be part of it all

  ➔ Imperative with "let" for permission or invitation.

  ➔ "Let me be" is a polite way of requesting to be included.

• We may be right, we may be wrong

  ➔ Modal verb "may" expressing possibility.

  ➔ "May be" indicates that there's a chance of being right or wrong, it's not a certainty.