Lyrics

Every time when I look in the mirror

All these lines on my face getting clearer

The past is gone

It went by like dusk to dawn

Isn′t that the way?

Everybody's got the dues in life to pay, eh

chorus

I know nobody knows

Where it comes and where it goes

I know it′s everybody sin

You got to lose to know how to win

verse

Half my life's in books, written pages

Live and learn from fools and from sages

You know it's true, oh

All the things come back to you

chorus

Sing with me, sing for the year

Sing for the laughter, and sing for the tear

Sing with me, if it′s just for today

Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

Yeah, sing with me, sing for the year

Sing for the laughter, and sing for the tear

Sing with me, if it′s just for today

Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

bridge

Dream on, dream on

Dream on, dream until your dreams come true

Dream on, dream on

Dream on, dream until your dreams come true

Dream on, dream on

Dream on, dream on

Dream on, dream on

Dream on, aah-ah-ah

chorus

Sing with me, sing for the year

Sing for the laughter, and sing for the tear

Sing with me, if it's just for today

Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

Sing with me, sing for the year

Sing for the laughter, and sing for the tear

Sing with me, if it′s just for today

Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

The Secret and Inspiration

Jean was still a child when he learned that certain songs aren't listened to just with the ears, but with some undefined part of the soul. In his Uncle Evaldo's room, with the light off and a red lamp casting dense shadows on the walls, incense burned slowly while rock music echoed like a ritual. Evaldo didn't explain much; he just told him to listen. Between guitars and silences, there was a song that always returned, almost like a secret: "Dream On." Jean didn't understand the lyrics, but he felt there was something there that called to him.

Evaldo was free, unconventional, almost mythical for a boy growing up amidst silent neglect. The song said, "Every time that I look in the mirror, all these lines on my face getting clearer," and Jean, too young to comprehend the weight of the phrase, simply absorbed the atmosphere, the texture, the mystery. Something in that melody remained suspended within him, like a promise he didn't yet know how to name.

Years passed, and adult life took him down predictable paths—structure, performance, goals, recognition. The corporate world offered him stability and status, but something remained out of place. There was no guilt, no explicit revolt, just a growing sense of disconnection. The rupture wasn't an event; it was a year-long process, silent and inevitable. When it finally happened, it was abrupt only to those observing from the outside. For him, it was a consequence.

In 2021, Bali wasn't an escape, it was a reunion. Money became paper. Time gained a new value. The sound of the waves, the wind on his face, his feet in the sand, and the endless sunsets created a space where his old identity began to dissolve. There was no fear. There was no guilt. Only the clarity that his previous life no longer made sense. The music returned to his memory with renewed force: “Sing with me, sing for the year, sing for the laughter and sing for the tear.” He finally understood.

The transformation didn't happen on a specific day; it was a slow tide. During that year, Jean said goodbye to himself without drama. Steven Tyler's voice singing "Dream on, dream on, dream on, dream until your dreams come true" ceased to be nostalgia from the 80s and became existential instruction. It wasn't about success. It was about coherence.

It was during this period that Susanti entered his life—rational support, serene stability, a presence that didn't pressure, only sustained. The change ceased to be solitary and became shared. The project didn't yet have a clear name; before it was "Journey 195," a reference to the 195 countries, a broad and almost utopian impulse. There was no closed plan. Only movement.

The tattoo came as a rite. Seven seven-hour sessions with Mr. Cat, covering his left arm with the Dream On theme. It wasn't aesthetics; it was commitment. Each stroke marked the skin as if sealing a pact with oneself. The purpose ceased to be abstract. It became body.

In 2022, Europe. A small van that could only fit a single mattress, two backpacks, and an electric guitar. That phase was romantic and harsh. Cold, uncertainty, improvisation—but also radical freedom. In that minimal space, there was less comfort and more truth. He wasn't seeking immediate greatness; he was seeking coherence between what he felt and what he did.

Over time, the project began to take on more defined contours. What was an impulse became architecture. The focus on protecting childhood wasn't accidental; it was a silent reconciliation with his own history. The neglect he experienced transformed into direction. The child who once listened to rock music under red lights now wanted to protect other children from the silence that hurts.

The name evolved. The vision expanded. And the structure of the Bridgemakers Foundation was born—not as an impulsive NGO, but as institutional architecture designed to transcend generations. Governance, compliance, endowment, sustainability. The boy from the dark room was now writing strategic documents in legal language. It wasn't contradiction; it was maturity.

Within the ecosystem, art remained as consciousness, care as practice, cooperation as engineering, and autonomy as the horizon. There was no rush. Jean continued playing his music, structuring the project, watching Susanti consolidate the Bali Corner in Braga, serving dozens of people. Without anxiety. Without obsession with scale. Just continuity.

The music, however, never went away. “You got to lose to know how to win.” He had lost one identity to gain another. He had lost predictable stability to gain meaning. And he finally understood that dreaming is not delusion—it is inner discipline.

Today, in 2026, the transition is no longer rupture; it is construction. The project is more structured, but the essence remains simple: to build bridges, protect childhoods, act with sobriety and a long-term perspective. The rock music from Uncle Evaldo's room echoes as a living memory, reminding him that some seeds take decades to bloom.

And if someone asks him when it all began, perhaps he won't say Bali, nor the van, nor the foundation. Perhaps he remembers From the red lampshade, the incense, and that voice telling me to keep going. Because, deep down, it was always about that: dreaming until the dream stops being an escape and becomes a responsibility. Dream on.

USA - Performance

Each country profile presents the most recent data available on a range of indicators relating to the well-being of women and children. Each country profile page is composed of data from multiple sources, depending on the indicator domain. For example, child mortality rates come from the most recent data produced by the UNICEF-led Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME).

SDG indicators related to children

The 2030 Agenda includes 17 Global Goals addressing the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. Attached to the Goals are 169 concrete targets measured by 232 specific indicators.

To map and monitor how ambitious and realistic countries’ targets are, UNICEF has created quantifiable country-level benchmarks for child-related indicators for which data are available to measure and monitor child rights on a common scale.

Below is a snapshot of the country’s performance against the 45 child-related SDG indicators, grouping results into five areas of child well-being to provide an overall assessment of how children are doing. Countries are assessed using global and national targets. The analysis provides valuable insights into both historical progress—recognizing the results delivered by countries in the recent past—and how much additional effort may be needed to achieve the child-related SDG targets. This approach provides a framework for assessing ambition as well as the scale of action needed to achieve it.