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His duty... nay, his privilege! To dream the impossible dream, To fight the unbeatable foe, To bear with unbearable sorrow. To run where the brave dare not go; To right the unrightable wrong. To love, pure and chaste, from afar, To try, when your arms are too weary, To reach the unreachable star!
The Impossible Dream is a song from the musical Man of La Mancha, based on Don Quixote. It expresses the quest for a noble and idealistic cause, despite the challenges and hardships.
The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" is a popular song composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics written by Joe Darion. The song is the most popular song from the 1965 Broadway musical Man of La Mancha and is also featured in the 1972 film of the same name starring Peter O'Toole .
Written in the unusual time signature of 9/8, the man with the impossible dream is of course Don Quixote, who was better known for tilting at windmills. Like the rest of the show, the lyrics were written by Joe Darion, and the music was composed by Mitch Leigh.
