A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes
Disney Princess Lyrics


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A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you're fast asleep
In dreams, you will lose your heartaches
Whatever you wish for, you keep

Have faith in your dreams and someday
Your rainbow will come smiling through
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish will come true

Oh, that clock!
Oh, kill joy!
I hear you
Come on, get up, you say
Time to start another day
Even he orders me around
Well, there's one thing
They can't order me to stop dreaming
And maybe someday
The dreams that I wish will come true

Da dum, da-da dum, da-da dum-dum...

No matter how your heart is grieving




If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish will come true

Overall Meaning

The Disney Princess's song 'A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes' explores themes of hope, dreams, and perseverance. The lyrics suggest that a dream is something that can be manifested through belief and conviction. The line, "A dream is a wish your heart makes when you're fast asleep" suggests that the dream state is a place where anything is possible. The idea is that your heart can guide you towards the manifestation of your deepest desires.


The next line, "In dreams, you will lose your heartaches, whatever you wish for, you keep" indicates that while sleeping, you are free from the troubles that bother you when awake. A dream state can be an escape from reality, a safe space where you can work towards making goals and desires a reality.


The lines, "Have faith in your dreams and someday, your rainbow will come smiling through" suggest that hope and faith are essential aspects needed to make your dreams come true. The singer acknowledges that no matter how one is feeling, if you keep believing and working towards your pursuits, the dream will come true.


In summary, the song encourages listeners to continue dreaming, putting in the work towards achieving their goals, no matter how long it takes. The message is that during challenging times, you must hold on to hope, and eventually, the dreams that you wish will come to life.


Line by Line Meaning

A dream is a wish your heart makes
Your heart creates desires in the form of dreams


When you're fast asleep
Dreams happen when you're sleeping


In dreams, you will lose your heartaches
Dreams help you forget your sorrows


Whatever you wish for, you keep
The things you wish in your dreams stay with you


Have faith in your dreams and someday
Believe in your dreams and at some point


Your rainbow will come smiling through
You will achieve your desired result


No matter how your heart is grieving
No matter how sad you feel inside


If you keep on believing
If you continue to trust in yourself and your dreams


The dream that you wish will come true
You can make your dreams become reality


Oh, that clock!
The clock is an annoyance


Oh, kill joy!
It stops the enjoyment of dreams


I hear you
Awareness of the clock


Come on, get up, you say
The clock demands that you wake up


Time to start another day
Start of the day with the clock's orders


Even he orders me around
Even the clock has authority over me


Well, there's one thing
However, there's a single thing


They can't order me to stop dreaming
The clock can't prevent me from dreaming


And maybe someday
Perchance in the future


The dreams that I wish will come true
The dreams that I've had may come true.




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@konanxhidan3202

@Tina Burton
I understand, people always loved Cinderella and call her brave. Cinderella was always popular but I wouldn't call her one of the bravest princesses..

Pocahontas was the person who helped to reduce tensions between the Native Americans and the English colonists !
She saved the male protagonist and her people while constantly dealing with racism, ignorance, violence and hate speech.

Mulan saved her entire country and brought honor to her family, while she was oppressed by the men and their rules all the time.

Tiana ,well I don't have to say much about Tiana. She is one of the greatest character, and way more underappreciated than Cinderella.

Cinderella was brave, but her story wasn't so interesting for me.. It was mostly focused on a man and a shallow love story. It would be much more interesting if we could see more about her past etc.



@add9ym2k

A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you're fast asleep
In dreams you will lose your heartache
Whatever you wish for you keep

Have faith in your dreams and someday
Your rainbow will come smiling through
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish will come true



@add9ym2k

No problem!!

I’m Japanese.🇯🇵😀
I’m good at reading English, but I’m not good at speaking English.🥺

I wrote it for myself.
When I want to learn this song, it’s too fast to sing for me.😞
I think this song is very slow, but I thought it’s very hard one year ago.😖
Thank you again for your good thoughts.🥰



@twinchef2095

Disney princesses in order
#1 Snow White 1937
#2 Cinderella 1950
#3 Aurora 1959
#4 Arial 1989
#5 Belle 1991
#6 Jasmine 1992
#7 Pocahontas 1995
#8 Mulan 1998
#9 Tiana 2009
#10 Rapunzel 2010
#11 Merida 2012
#12& #13 Anna and Elsa 2012



All comments from YouTube:

@Hxrtbrker

What really gets to me is that Cinderella's voice actress had Alzheimer's disease later on and forgot she voiced Cinderella or even worked with disney but the nurses that took care of her always played this for her she loved it

@keegster7167

Wow; I did not know that, but that is an interesting thought. It's interesting that she liked the song yet she didn't know she sang it.

@AmbrosiaDreamWeaver

Wow..... did not know that... Thanks... sincere

@princessleira2663

that’s so sad :’(

@LKYme

Vio x chan https://youtu.be/MetrHTat0WI ❤️

@freelamps8678

Wow i didn't know that. That kinda made me sad..

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@Krispiiee

as a victim of abuse, it's unsurprising that dreams were cinderella's refuge. I wish people remembered that when they complain about how she wasn't feminist or was waiting for a savior. She was abused! And she didn't even want the prince to begin with - all she wanted was a night of freedom.

@SevenEllen

I think she wanted a LIFE of freedom. I daresay her dream, her wish, was to marry the prince and live in the palace. Her dream came true at the end of the film.

@ellaczeiner3974

People complain about how cinderella wasn't feminist when she was the kindest and most selfless disney princess despite her situation. Feminist doesn't have to mean rejecting traditional femininity. Also her movie is way more feminist than most Disney movies as it has a well written female protagonist, female antagonist, female side antagonists, and female side characters. The prince was more of an afterthought in Cinderella's mind. And not to mention that over half of the dialogue was women in Cinderella compared to the more "feminist" princess movies of the Disney rennasaince where on average women only got less than one forth of the total dialogue.

@hv3079

@not Ella well said :)

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