"The Invention of Dreams" perf. by Michael Lowney 

Very excited for the Hugo musical! I'm a HUGE fan of both Brian Selznick and of course RSO!

I was lucky enough to see this concert live, and this song has stuck with me ever since. What a wonderful piece, I'm really looking forward to hearing more from Hugo!

That's such a stunning song

I want more

THE INVENTION OF DREAMS LYRICS by Ryan Scott Oliver transcription [ALL] Ooh The following pages will hopefully show The invention of dreams Began long ago Ha, ha, ha, ho-oh Ha, ha, ha, ho-oh [ETIENNE] A flicker of light A shadow that's tall Our ancestors knew You just need a wall A story is told Some music, a horn Right there in the cave The movies were born [FILM STUDENTS] Ha, ha, ha, ho-ah [ETIENNE] So, much later on Our techniques advanced The practice evolves And then, just by chance The lantern projects The flipbooks sublime Photographers capture Our movements in time We've sat in the dark For lifetimes, it seems With pictures that move Projecting our dreams We're alone in the dark Yes, all alone in the dark Together Then celluloid came And what did we do? We captured the world As if it were new [FILM STUDENT] Some workers walked by [FILM STUDENT] A steam train arrived [FILM STUDENT] Girls laugh [FILM STUDENTS] Then drink [ALL] Just scenes from our lives [ETIENNE with FILM STUDENTS] We've sat in the dark For lifetimes, it seems With pictures that move Projecting our dreams We're alone in the dark (Alone in the dark) Yes, all alone in the dark [ETIENNE] Together And then something shifted And like a balloon The cinema lifted And went To the moon [ALL] Yes, the great Georges Méliès His eyes all agleam Said, "We should make movies To dream" [FILM STUDENT] But his old films were lost [FILM STUDENT] Not seen anymore [ALL] And the great Georges Méliès Died After the war We've sat in the dark For lifetimes, it seems With pictures that move Projecting our dreams We're alone in the dark Yes, all alone in the dark The dark Ah, ah [ETIENNE] The invention of dreams [ALL] We're alone in the dark Yes, all alone In the dark (In the dark, in the dark, in the dark) [ETIENNE] Together [FILM STUDENTS] Ah