Once upon a dream

I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream
I know you, that look in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
And I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem
But if I know you, I know what you'll do
You'll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream

But if I know you, I know what you'll do
You'll love me at once
The way you did once upon a dream

I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream
I know you, that gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
And I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem
But if I know you, I know what you'll do
You'll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream

Songwriters
JACK LAWRENCE, SAMMY FAIN, SAMUEL FEINBERG

This is a new version of the song that Aurora sings in the forest in the classical cartoon movie "The Sleeping Beauty". This version is dark and lugubrious, far too different from the original one, which was naive but delightful. The singer is Lana del Rey, a talented young artist with a exceptional voice, who was selected to sing this new version for the movie "Maleficent". Even though, her albums are full of destruction, dead and drama, she is one of my favourites singers. Personally, I've found this new version of the song, much more interesting than the original one.

Vocabulary:

 gleam  (glēm)

n.

1. A brief beam or flash of light: saw gleams of daylight through the cracks.

2. A steady but subdued shining; a glow: the gleam of burnished gold.

3. A brief or dim indication; a trace: a gleam of intelligence.

intr.v. gleamed, gleam·ing, gleams

1. To emit a gleam; flash or glow: "Their tile roofs gleamed in the moon's pallid radiance" (Laura Joh Rowland). See Synonyms at flash.

2. To be reflected as a gleam: The sun gleamed on the water.

3. To be manifested or indicated briefly or faintly.

upon (əˈpɒn)

prep

1. another word for on

2. indicating a position reached by going up: climb upon my knee.

3. imminent for: the weekend was upon us again.

up•on (əˈpɒn, əˈpɔn)

prep.

1. up and on; upward so as to get or be on.

2. in an elevated position on: a flag upon the roof.

3. in or into complete or approximate contact with: The enemy was upon us. The holidays will soon be upon us.

4. on the occasion of, at the time of, or immediately after: She was joyful upon seeing her child take his first steps.

5. on (in any of various senses, used as an equivalent of on with no added idea of ascent or elevation, and preferred in certain cases only for euphonic or metrical reasons).

euphonic (juːˈfɒnɪk) or euphonious

adj

1. denoting or relating to euphony; pleasing to the ear

2. (Phonetics & Phonology) (of speech sounds) altered for ease of pronunciation

euˈphonically, euˈphoniously adv., euˈphoniousness n.

eu·pho·ny  (yo͞o′fə-nē)

n. pl. eu·pho·nies

Agreeable sound, especially in the phonetic quality of words.

[French euphonie, from Late Latin euphōnia, from Greek euphōniā, from euphōnos, sweet-voiced: eu-, eu- + phōnē, sound; see bha- in Indo-European roots.]

eu·phon′ic (yo͞o-fŏn′ĭk) adj.

eu·phon′i·cal·ly adv.

At once: de inmediato

once upon a dream: una vez en un sueño