I'm only 14 years old, but this is how I perceive the line:
"I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed."
When she sings "So different now from what it seemed" she means that when she was younger the thought world was a kind, happy place of dreams and she thought when she grew up her life would be perfect, but now that she's older the world is a much darker, sadder place than she thought, and her life is very different to what it seemed to be when she was younger.
She dreamed (or wished) that her life would be wonderful and happy when she was older, but as she grew up her life got harder.
When she finishes with "Now life has killed the dream I dreamed." She means that things didn't work out how she'd wanted them to, and instead of living her dream, her real, sad life proved to her that she would never have her dream.
I could be wrong, but that's what it means to me. Hope it kind of helped!
It's such a sad song, and a tragic ending for poor Fantine. I absolutely love the musical.
@Kunsan
I'm only 14 years old, but this is how I perceive the line:
"I had a dream my life would be So different from this hell I'm living So different now from what it seemed Now life has killed the dream I dreamed."
When she sings "So different now from what it seemed" she means that when she was younger the thought world was a kind, happy place of dreams and she thought when she grew up her life would be perfect, but now that she's older the world is a much darker, sadder place than she thought, and her life is very different to what it seemed to be when she was younger. She dreamed (or wished) that her life would be wonderful and happy when she was older, but as she grew up her life got harder. When she finishes with "Now life has killed the dream I dreamed." She means that things didn't work out how she'd wanted them to, and instead of living her dream, her real, sad life proved to her that she would never have her dream.
I could be wrong, but that's what it means to me. Hope it kind of helped!
It's such a sad song, and a tragic ending for poor Fantine. I absolutely love the musical.