Lovely Lyrics: Audition (The Fools Who Dream)

It is not often that I write a Lovely Lyrics post about a non-Disney song…I think I've only done so two other times.  But this song has been lodged in my brain since seeing La La Land and I have been playing it incessantly after purchasing the soundtrack as soon as we got home from the movie theater.

I absolutely love this song and its message; it reminds me so much of one of my favorite quotes:

I don't know about you, but I am trying with all my might to hold on to my spark of madness.

Audition (The Fools Who Dream)

from La La Land

My aunt used to live in Paris,

I remember she used to come home

and she would tell us these stories

about being abroad and I remember

she told us that she jumped in the river once, barefoot

She smiled, leapt, without looking

And tumbled into the Seine

The water was freezing,

She spent a month sneezing,

But said she would do it again

Here's to the ones who dream,

Foolish as they may seem,

Here's to the hearts that ache,

Here's to the mess we make

She captured a feeling

Sky with no ceiling

Sunset inside a frame

She lived in her liquor

and died with a flicker

I'll always remember the flame

Here's to the ones who dream

Foolish as they may seem

Here's to the hearts that ache

Here's to the mess we make

She told me,

A bit of madness is key

to give us new colors to see

Who knows where it will lead us?

And that's why they need us

So bring on the rebels

The ripples from pebbles

The painters, and poets, and plays

And here's to the fools who dream

Crazy as they may seem

Here's to the hearts that break

Here's to the mess we make

I trace it all back to then

Her, and the snow, and the Seine

Smiling through it

She said she'd do it,

Again

Performed by Emma Stone

Music by Justin Hurwitz

Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Happy Tails to you!