Look down, look down
Don't look 'em in the eye
Look down, look down
You're here until you die
No God above
That hell along below
Look down, look down
There's twenty years to go
I've done no wrong
Sweet Jesus, hear my prayer
Look down look down
Sweet Jesus doesn't care
I know she'll wait
I know that she'll be true
Look down, look down
They've all forgotten you
When I get free ya won't see me
Here for dust
Look down, look down
You'll always be a slave
Look down, look down
You're standing in your grave
(…)
Now prisoner 24601
Your time is up
And your parole's begun
You know what that means
Yes, it means I'm free
No!
Follow to the letter your itinerary
This badge of shame will show until you die
It warns you’re a dangerous man
I stole a loaf of bread
I broke a window pane.
My sister's child was close to death
And we were starving
You will starve again
Unless you learn the meaning of the law
I know the meaning of those 19 years
A slave of the law
Five years for what you did
The rest because you tried to run
Yes, 24601
My name is Jean Valjean
And I am Javert
Do not forget my name
Do not forget me
24601
Look down, look down
You'll always be a slave
Look down, look down
You're standing in your grave
Come in, Sir, for you are weary
And the night is cold out here
Though our lives are very humble
What we have, we have to share
There is wine here to revive you
There is bread to make you strong
There's a bed to rest till morning
Rest from pain, and rest from wrong
(…)
But my friend, you left so early
Surely something slipped your mind
You forgot I gave these also
Would you leave the best behind?
(…)
I command you for your duty
Now God’s blessing go with you
But remember this, my brother
See in this some higher plan
You must use this precious silver
To become an honest man
By the witness of the martyry
By the passion and the blood
God has raised you out of darkness
I have saved your soul for God
What have I done, sweet Jesus, what have I done
Become a thief in the night, become a dog on the run
Have I fallen so far, while is the hour so late
That nothing remains but the cry of my hate
That cries in the dark, that nobody hears
Here where I stand at the turning of the years
If there is another way to go
I risked it twenty long years ago
My life was a war that could never be won
They gave me a number and they murdered Valjean
Where they chained me and let me for dead
Just for stealing a mouth full of bread
Yet why did I allow this man
To touch my soul and teach me love
He treated me like any other
He gave me his trust
He called me brother
My life he claims for God above
Can such things be?
For I had come to hate the world
This world that always hated me
Take an eye for an eye
Turn your heart into stone
This is all I have lived for
This is all I have known
One word from him, and I'ld be back
Beneath the lash upon the rack
Instead he offers me my freedom
I feel my shame inside me like a knife
He told me that I had a soul
How does he know?
What spirit comes to move my life
Is there another way to go?
I am reaching, but I fall
And the night is closing in
As I stare into the void
To the whirlpool of my sin
I'll escape now from that world
From the world of Jean Valjean
Jean Valjean is nothing now
Another story must begin
At the end of the day you're another day older
And that's all you can say for the life of the poor
It's a struggle, it's a war
And there's nothing that anyone's giving
One more day, standing about, what is it for?
One day less to be living
At the end of the day you're another day colder
And the shirt on your back doesn't keep out the chill
And the righteous hurry past
They don't hear the little ones crying
And the winder is coming on fast, ready to kill
One day nearer to dying!
At the end of the day there's another day dawning
And the sun in the morning is waiting to rise
Like the waves crash on the sand
Like a storm that'll break any second
There's a hunger in the land
There's a reckoning still to be reckoned
And there's gonna be hell to pay
At the end of the day!
At the end of the day you get nothing for nothing
Sitting flat on your butt doesn't buy any bread
There are children back at home
And the children have got to be fed
And you're lucky to be in a job
And in a bed!
And we're counting our blessings!
Have you seen how the foreman is fuming today?
With his terrible breath and his wandering hands
It's because little Fantine won't give him his way
Take a look at his trousers, you'll see where he stands
And the boss, he never knows
That the foreman is always on the heat
If Fantine doesn't look out
Watch how she goes
She'll be out on the street!
At the end of the day it's another day over
With enough in your pocket to last for a week
Pay the landlord pay the shop
Keep on grafting as long as you're able
Keep on grafting till you drop
Or it's back to the crumbs on the table
You've got to pay your way
At the end of the day!
What have we here, little innocent sister?
Come on Fantine, let's have all the news!
"Dear Fantine you must send us more money
Your child needs a doctor
There's no time to lose!"
Give that letter to me
It is none of your business
With a husband at home
And a bit on the side
Is there anyone here
Who can swear before God
She has nothing to fear?
She has nothing to hide?
(…)
What is this fighting all about?
Will someone tear these two apart?
This is a factory, not a circus!
Now come on ladies, settle down
I am the Mayor of this town
I run a business of repute
(…)
At the end of the day she's the one who began it
There's a kid that she's hiding in some little town
There's a man she has to pay
You can guess how she picks up the extra
You can bet she's earning her keep sleeping around
And the boss wouldn't like it!
Yes it's true there's a child
And the child is my daughter
And her father abandoned us leaving us flat
Now she lives with an innkeeper man and his wife
And I pay for the child
What's the matter with that?
At the end of the day she'll be nothing but trouble
And there's trouble for all when there's trouble for one
While we're earning our daily bread
She's the one with her hands in the butter
You must send the slut away
Or we're all gonna end in the gutter
And it's us who'll have to pay
At the end of the day!
I might have known the bitch could bite
I might have known the cat had claws
I might have guessed your little secret
Ah, yes, the virtuous Fantine
Who keeps herself so pure and clean
You'd be the cause I had no doubt
Of any trouble here about
You play a virgin in the light
But need no urgin' in the night
She's been laughing at you
While she's having her men
She'll be nothing but trouble again and again
You must sack her today
Sack the girl today!
I smell women
Smell 'em in the air
Think I'll drop my anchor
In that harbor over there
Lovely ladies
I’ll love you until I’m broke
Seven months at sea
And now I’m hungry for a poke
Even stokers need a little stoke!
Lovely ladies
Waiting for a bite
Waiting for the customers
Who only come at night
Lovely ladies
Ready for the call
Standing up or lying down
Or any way at all
Bargain prices up against the wall
What pretty hair!
What pretty locks you’ve got there
What luck you got
It's worth a centime, my dear
I'll take the lot
Don't touch me! Leave me alone!
Let's make a price
I'll give you all of ten francs
Just think of that!
It pays a debt
Just think of that
What can I do? It pays a debt.
Ten francs may save my poor Cosette!
Lovely ladies
Waiting in the dark
Ready for a thick one
Or a quick one in the park
Long time, short time
Any time, my dear
Cost a little extra if you want to take all year!
Quick and cheap is underneath the pier!
Come over here
It’s twenty francs for a tooth
Come in, my dear
I’ll pay you well for your youth
The pain won’t last
You’ll still be able to bite
I’ll do it fast
I know my business all right
It’s worth a goal
You pay me first what I am due
You’re getting twice if I take two
Give me the dirt, who's that bit over there?
A bit of skirt. She's the one sold her hair
She's got a kid. Sends her all that she can
I might have known
There is always some man
Lovely lady, come along and join us!
Lovely lady!
Come on dearie, why all the fuss?
You're no grander than the rest of us
Life has dropped you at the bottom of the heap
Join your sisters
Make money in your sleep!
That's right dearie, show him what you've got!
That's right dearie, let him have the lot
Old men, young men, take 'em as they come
Harbor rats and alley cats and every kind of scum
Poor men, rich men, leaders of the land
See them with their trousers off they're never quite as grand
All it takes is money in your hand!
Lovely ladies
Going for a song
Got a lot of callers
But they never stay for long
Come on, Captain
You can wear your shoes
Don't it make a change
To have a girl who can't refuse
Easy money
Lying on a bed
Just as well they never see
The hate that's in your head
Don't they know they're making love
To one already dead
There was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high and life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
So dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be payed
No song unsung, no wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
As they turn your dreams to shame
He slept the summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came
And still I dreamed he'd come to me
And we would live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream
I dreamed
I don't want you
You've got some nerve, you little slut
You've got some gall
By Christ you'll pay for what you've done
I guarantee, I'll make you suffer
I beg you, don't report me sir
I'll do whatever you may want
Make your excuse to the police!
Tell me quickly what's the story
Who saw what and why and where
Let him give a full description
Let him answer to Javert
Javert, would you believe it
I was lost here in the dark
When this prostitute attacked me
You can see she left her mark
She will answer for her actions
If you make a full report
You may rest assured, M'sieur
She will answer to the court
There's a child who sorely needs me
Please M'sieur, she's but that high
Holy God, is there no mercy?
If I go to jail she'll die!
I have heard such protestations
Every day for twenty years
Let's have no more explanations
Save your breath and save your tears
Honest work, just reward
That's the way to please the Lord
A moment of your time, Javert
I do believe this woman's tale
M'sieur, the Mayor!
You've done your duty, let her be
She needs a doctor, not a jail
M'sieur, the Mayor!
Can this be?
Where will she end
This child without a friend?
I've seen your face before
Show me some way to help you
How have you come to grief
In such a place as this?
M'sieur, don't mock me now, I pray
It's hard enough I've lost my pride
You let your foreman send me away
Yes, you were there, and turned aside
I never did no wrong
Is it true, what I have done?
My daughter's close to dying
To an innocent soul?
If there's a God above
Had I only known then
He'd let me die instead
In His name my task has just begun
(…)
I will see it done!
They think that man is me
Without a second glance
The stranger they have found
This man could be my chance
Why should I save his hide?
Why should I right this wrong?
When I have come so far
And struggled for so long
If I speak, I am condemned
If I stay silent I am damned
I am the master of hundreds of workers
The all look to me
Can I abandon them?
How would they live if I am not free?
If I speak, they are condemned
If I stay silent I am damned
Who am I?
Can I condemn this man to slavery?
Pretend I do not feel his agony
This innocent who wears my face
Who goes to judgment in my place
Who am I?
Can I conceal myself forever more?
Pretend I'm not the man I was before
And must my name until I die
Be no more than an alibi
Must I lie?
How can I ever face my fellow men?
How can I ever face, my self again?
My soul belongs to God, I know
I made that bargain long ago
He gave me hope when hope was gone
He gave me strength to carry on
Who am I?
Who am I?
I'm Jean Valjean
M'sieur, the Mayor!
You show your honor
You see, it’s true
This man there’s no more guilt than you
Who am I?
24601!
Cosette, it's turned so cold
Cosette, it's past your bedtime
You've played the day away
And soon it will be night
Come to me
Cosette the light is fading
Don't you see the evening star appearing?
Come to me and rest against my shoulder
How fast the minutes fly away and every minute colder
Dear Fantine, Cosette will be here soon
Dear Fantine, she will be by your side
Come Cosette, my child
Where did you go?
Be at peace
Be at peace evermore
My Cosette
She’ll live in my protection
Take her now
Your child will want for nothing
Good M'sieur, you come from God in heaven
Tell Cosette I love her and I’ll see her and I wake
Valjean, at last
We see each other plain
M'sieur le Mayor
You'll wear a different chain!
Before you say another word, Javert
Before you chain me up like a slave again
Listen to me! There is something I must do
This woman leaves behind a suffering child
There is none but me who can intercede
In Mercy's name, three days are all I need
Then I'll return, I pledge my word
Then I'll return
You must think me mad!
I've hunted you across the years
A man like you can never change
A man such as you
Believe of me what you will
(Men like me can never change)
There is a duty that I'm sworn to do
(Men like me can never change)
You know nothing of my life
(No! 24601)
All I did was steal some bread
You know nothing of the world
(My duty's to the law. You have no Rights)
You would sooner see me dead
(Come with me 24601)
But not before I see this justice done
(Now the wheel has turned around. Jean Valjean is nothing now)
I am warning you Javert
(Dare you talk to me of crime)
I'm a stronger man by far
(And the price you had to pay)
There is power in me yet
(Every man is born in sin)
My race is not yet run
(Every man must choose his way)
You know nothing of Javert
I was born inside a jail
I was born with scum like you
I am from the gutter too!
There is a castle on a cloud
I like to go there in my sleep
Aren't any floors for me to sweep
Not in my castle on a cloud
There is a lady all in white
Holds me and sings a lullaby
She's nice to see and she's soft to touch
She says, "Cosette, I love you very much!"
I know a place where no one's lost
I know a place where no one cries
Crying, at all, is not allowed
Not in my castle on a cloud
My band of soaks
My den of dissolutes
My dirty jokes, my always pissed as newts
My sons of whores
Spent their lives in my inn
Homing pigeons homing in
They fly through my doors
And they crawl out on old floors
Welcome, M'sieur
Sit yourself down
And meet the best
Innkeeper in town
As for the rest
All of 'em crooks
Rooking their guests
And cooking the books
Seldom do you see
Honest men like me
A gent of good intent
Who's content to be
Master of the house
Doling out the charm
Ready with a handshake
And an open palm
Tells a saucy tale
Makes a little stir
Customers appreciate a bon-viveur
Glad to do a friend a favor
Doesn't cost me to be nice
But nothing gets you nothing
Everything has got a little price
Master of the house
Keeper of the zoo
Ready to relieve 'em
Of a sou or two
Watering the wine
Making up the weight
Pickin' up their knick-knacks
When they can't see straight
Everybody loves a landlord
Everybody's buxom friend
I do whatever pleases
Jesus! Won't I bleed 'em in the end
Master of the house
Quick to catch yer eye
Never wants a passerby
To pass him by
Servant to the poor
Butler to the great
Comforter, philosopher
And lifelong mate
Everybody's boon companion
Everybody's chaperone
But lock up your valises
Jesus! Won't I skin you to the bone
Food beyond compare
Food beyond belief
Mix it in a mincer
And pretend it's beef
Kidney of a horse
Liver of a cat
Filling up the sausages
With this and that
Residents are more than welcome
Bridal suite is occupied
Reasonable charges
Plus some little extras on the side!
Charge 'em for the lice
Extra for the mice
Two percent for looking in the mirror twice
Here a little slice
There a little cut
Three percent for sleeping with the window shut
When it comes to fixing prices
There are a lot of tricks he knows
How it all increases
All those bits and pieces
Jesus! It's amazing how it grows!
(…)
I used to dream
That I would meet a prince
But God Almighty
Have you seen what's happened since?
Master of the house?
Isn't worth me spit!
Comforter, philosopher
And lifelong shit!
Cunning little brain
Regular Voltaire
Thinks he's quite a lover
But there's not much there
What a cruel trick of nature
Landed me with such a louse
God knows how I've lasted
Living with this bastard in the house
Master of the house
Master and a half
Comforter, philosopher
Ah, don't make me laugh!
Servant to the poor
Butler to the great
Hypocrite and toady
And inebriate
Everybody bless the landlord!
Everybody bless his spouse!
Everybody raise a glass
Raise it up the master's arse
Everybody raise a glass to the master of the house!
I found her wandering in the wood
This little child, I found her trembling in the shadows
And I am here to help Cosette
And I will settle any debt you may think proper
I will pay what I must pay
To take Cosette away
This is a duty I must heed
Thereis a promise I have made
For I was blind to one in need
I did not see what stood before me
Now her mother is with God
Her suffering is over
And I speak here with her voice
And I stand here in her place
And from this day and evermore
Let me have your coat, M'sieur
Cosette shall live in my protection
You are very welcome here
I Will not forget my vow
Take a drink. Take a chair
Cosette shall have a father now
What to do? What to say?
Shall you carry our treasure away?
What a gem! What a pearl!
Beyond rubies is our little girl!
How can we talk of debt?
Let's not haggle for darling Colette!
- Cosette!
Dear Fantine, gone to rest
Have we done for her child what is best?
(I think so)
Shared our bread. Shared each bone
Treated her like she's one of our own
Like our own, Monsieur!
Your feelings do you credit, sir
And I will ease the parting blow
Let us not talk of bargains or bones and greed
Now, may I say, we are agreed?
That would quite fit the bill
If she hadn't so often been ill
Little dear, cost us dear
Medicines are expensive, M'sieur
Not that we begrudged a sou
It's no more than we Christians must do!
No more words. Here's your price
Fifteen hundred for your sacrifice
Come, Cosette, say goodbye
Let us seek out some friendlier sky
Thank you both for Cosette
It won't take you too long to forget
(…)
Where I go, you will be
Will you be like a papa to me?
Yes, Cosette. Yes, it's true
I’ll be father and mother to you
Suddenly you’re here
Suddenly it starts
Can two anxious hearts
Beat as one?
Yesterday I was alone
Today you walk beside me
Something still unclear
Something not yet here
Has begun
Suddenly the world
Seems a different place
Somehow full of grace
Full of light
How was I to know
That so much hope
Was held inside me?
What is past is gone
Now we journey out through the night
How was I to know at last
That happiness can come so fast?
Trusting me the way you do
I’m so afraid of failing you
Just a child who cannot know
That danger follows where I go
There are shadows everywhere
And memories I cannot share
Nevermore alone
Nevermore apart
You have warmed my heart like the sun
You have brought the gift of life
And love so long denied me
Suddenly I see
What I could not see
Something suddenly
Has begun
There, out in the darkness
A fugitive running
Fallen from God
Fallen from grace
God be my witness
I never shall yield
Till we come face to face
Till we come face to face
He knows his way in the dark
Mine is the way of the Lord
Those who follow the path of the righteous
Shall have their reward
And if they fall as Lucifer fell
The flames
The sword
Stars
In your multitudes
Scarce to be counted
Filling the darkness
With order and light
You are the sentinels
Silent and sure
Keeping watch in the night
Keeping watch in the night
You know your place in the sky
You hold your course and your aim
And each in your season
Returns and returns
And is always the same
And if you fall as Lucifer fell
You fall in flame!
And so it must be
For so it is written
On the doorway to paradise
That those who falter and those who fall
Must pay the price
Lord let me find him
That I may see him
Safe behind bars
I will never rest
Till then
This I swear
This I swear by the stars!
Look down and see the beggars at your feet
Look down and show some mercy if you can
Look down and see the sweepings of the street
Look down, look down, upon your fellow man
'Ow do you do? My name's Gavroche
These are my people. Here's my patch
Not much to look at, nothing posh
Nothing that you'd call up to scratch
This is my school, my high society
Here in the slums of Saint Michele
We live on crumbs of humble piety
Tough on the teeth, but what the hell
Think you're poor?
Think you're free?
Follow me! Follow me!
Look down and show some mercy if you can
Look down, look down, upon your fellow man
There was a time we killed the king
We tried to change the world too fast
Now we have got another king
He is not better than the last
This is the land that fought for liberty
Now when we fight, we fight for bread
Here is the thing about equality
Everyone’s equal when they’re deade
Take your place. Take your chance
Vive la France! Vive la France!
Look down and show some mercy if you can
Look down, look down, upon your fellow man
When this gonna end?
When we gonna live?
Something's gotta happen now
Something's gonna give
It'll come, it'll come, it'll come
It'll come, it'll come
Where are the leaders of the land?
Where is the king who runs this show?
Only one man, general Lamarque
Speaks for these people here below
Lamarque is ill and fading fast
Won't last the week out, so they say
With all the anger in the land
How long before the judgment day?
Before we cut the fat ones down to size?
Before the barricades arise?
Everyone here, you know your place
Brujon, Babet, Claquesous
You, Montparnasse, watch for the law
With Eponine take care
You turn on the tears
No mistakes, my dears
Please m'sieur, come this way
Here's a child that ain't eaten today
Save a life, spare a sou
God rewards all the good that you do.
Wait a bit. Know that face
Ain't the world a remarkable place?
Men like me don't forget
You're the bastard who borrowed Colette!
- Cosette!
What is this? Are you mad?
No, Monsieur, you don't know what you say
You know me, I know you
And you’ll pay what we due
(…)
It's the police! Disappear!
Run for it! It's Javert!
Another brawl in the square
Another stink in the air
Was there a witness to this?
Let him speak to Javert!
M'sieur, the streets are not safe
But let these vermin beware
We'll see that justice is done
Look upon this fine collection
Crawled from underneath a stone
This swarm of worms and maggots
Could have picked you to the bone
I know this man over here
I know his name and his trade
And on your witness, M'sieur
I'll see him suitably paid.
But where's the gentleman gone?
And why on earth did he run?
You will have a job to find him
He's is not all he seems to be
And that girl he thrills behind him
Is the child he stole from me
Yeah, and me
Yeah, both of us
Could it be he's that old jailbird
That the tide now washes in
Heard my name and started running
All the omens point to him
In the absence of a victim
Dear Inspector, may I go?
And remember when you've nicked him
It was me who told you so
Let the old man keep on running
I will run him off his feet
Everyone about your business!
Clear this garbage off the street!
Cosette! Now I remember!
Cosette! How can it be?
We were children together
Look what's become of me
Eponine, who was that girl?
Some bourgeois two-a-penny thing!
Eponine, find her for me!
What will you give me?
Anything!
Got you all excited now
But God knows what you see in her
Ain't you all delighted now
No, I don't want your money sir
Eponine, do this for me
Discover where she lives
Be careful how you go
Don't let your father know
Eponine! I'm lost until she's found!
You see, I told you so!
There's lots of things I know
'Ponine... she knows her way around
The time is near
So near it's stirring the blood in their veins!
And yet beware
Don't let the wine go to your brains!
We need a sign
To rally the people
To call them to arms
To bring them in line!
Marius, wake up
What's wrong today?
You look as if you've seen a ghost
Some wine and say what's going on
A ghost you say... a ghost maybe
She was just like a ghost to me
One minute there, and she was gone
I am agog!
I am aghast!
Is Marius in love at last?
I've never heard him `ooh' and `aah'
You talk of battles to be won
And here he comes like Don Ju-an
It's better than an o-per-a
It is time for us all
To decide who we are
Do we fight for the right
To a night at the opera now?
Have you asked of yourselve
What's the price you might pay?
Is it simply a game
For a rich young boy to play?
The colors of the world
Are changing day by day
Red - the blood of angry men!
Black - the dark of ages past!
Red - a world about to dawn!
Black - the night that ends at last!
Had you seen her today?
You might know how it feels
To be struck to the bone
In a moment of breathless delight
Had you been there today?
You might also have known
How the world may be changed
In just one burst of light
And what was right seems wrong
And what was wrong seems right
Red - I feel my soul on fire!
Black - My world if she's not there!
Red - The color of desire!
Black - The color of despair!
Marius, you're no longer a child
I do not doubt you mean it well
But now there is a higher call
Who cares about your lonely soul?
We strive toward a larger goal
Our little lives don't count at all
Red - the blood of angry men!
Black - the dark of ages past!
Red - a world about to dawn!
Black - the night that ends at last!
Listen everybody!
General Lamarque is dead!
Lamarque! His death is the hour of fate
The people's man
His death is the sign we await!
On his funeral day they will honor his name
The light of rebellion ablaze in their eyes
From the candles of grief we will kindle our flame
On the tomb of Lamarque shall our barricade rise
The time is here!
Let us welcome it gladly with courage and cheer
Let us take to the streets with no doubt in our hearts
But a jubilant shout
They will come one and all
They will come when we call!
How strange
This feeling that my life's begun at last
This change
Can people really fall in love so fast?
What's the matter with you, Cosette?
Have you been too much on your own?
So many things unclear
So many things unknown
In my life
There are so many questions and answers hat sometimes seem wrong
In my life
There are times when I catch in the silence the sigh of a faraway song
And it sings of a world that I long to see
Out of reach, just a whisper away, waiting for me
Does he know I'm alive, do I know if he's real?
Does he see what I see, does he feel what I feel?
In my life, I'm no longer alone now the love in my life is so near
Find me now, find me here
Dear Cosette, you're such a lonely child
How pensive, how sad you seem to me
Believe me, were it within my power
I'd fill each passing hour
How quiet it must be, I can see
With only me for company
There's so little I know that I'm longing to know
Of the man that you were in a time long ago
There's so little you say of the life you have known
Why you keep to yourself, why we're always alone?
So dark, so dark and deep
The secrets that you keep
In my life
Please forgive what say, your are loving and gentle and good
But papa, dear papa
In your eyes I am still like the child who was lost in a wood
No more words
No more words, it's a time that is dead
There are words
That are better unheard, better unsaid
In my life
I'm no longer a child and I yearn for the truth that you know
Of the years, years ago
You will learn
Truth is given by God to us all in our time
In our turn
In my life
She has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun
And my life
Seems to stop as if something is over and something has scarcely begun
Eponine, you're the friend who has brought me here
Thanks to you
I am one with the gods, and heaven is near
And I soar through a world that is new, that is free
Every word that he says is a dagger in me
In my life
There's been no-one like him anywhere, anywhere
Where he is
If he asked, I'd be his
In my life, there is someone who touches my life
Waiting near
Waiting here
A heart full of love
A heart full of song
I'm doing everything all wrong
Oh God, for shame
I do not even know your name
Dear mademoiselle
Won't you say?
Will you tell?
A heart full of love
No fear, no regret
My name is Marius Pontmercy
And mine's Cosette
Cosette, I don't know what to say
Then make no sound
I am lost
I am found
A heart full of light
(He was never mine to lose)
A heart full of you
Why regret what could not be
(A single look and then I knew)
I knew it too
These are words he'll never say
Not to me
From today
Not to me
Not for me
Everyday
His heart
For it isn't a dream
(Full of love)
He will never feel this way
On my own
Pretending he's beside me
All alone
I walk with him 'til morning
Without him, I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way, I close my eyes
And he has found me
In the rain
The pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever
And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself
And not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say there's a way for us
I love him
But when the night is over
He is gone
The river's just a river
Without him, the world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere the streets are full of strangers
I love him
But everyday I'm learning
All my life I've only been pretending
Without me, his world will go on turning
A world that's full of happiness that I have never known
I love him
I love him
I love him
But only on my own
One day more
Another day, another destiny
This never ending road to Calvary
These men who seem to know my crime
Will surely come a second time
One day more
I did not live until today
How can I live when we are parted?
One day more
Tomorrow you'll be worlds away
And yet with you my world has started
One more day all on my own
Will we ever meet again?
One more day with him not caring
I was born to be with you
What a life I might have known
And I swear I will be true
But he never saw me there
One more day before the storm
Do I follow where she goes?
At the barricades of freedom
Shall I join my brothers there?
When our ranks begin to form
Do I stay, do I dare?
Will you take your place with me?
The time is now
The end is near
One day more!
One day more to revolution
We will nip it in the bud
We’ll be ready for the schoolboys.
They will wet themselves with blood
One day more!
Watch 'em run amuck
Catch 'em as they fall
Never know your luck when there's a free-for-all
Here’s a little dip
There a little touch
Most of them are goners so they won't miss much!
One day to a new beginning
Raise the flag of freedom high
Every man will be a king
Every man will be a king
There's a new world for the winning
There's a new world to be won
Do you hear the people sing?
My place is here
I fight with you
One day more!
(…)
Tomorrow is the judgment day
Tomorrow we'll discover what our God in heaven has in store
One more dawn
One more day
One day more!
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes
Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and take your chance?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of France!
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes
I need a volunteer
Someone who can find out their plan and when they will attack
I can find out the truth
I know their ways
Fought their wars
Served my time
In the days
Of my youth
See the people unite
I pray you’re right
Dogs will bark
Fleas will bite
They will do what is right!
Red - the blood of angry men!
Black - the dark of ages past!
Red - a world about to dawn!
Black - the night that ends at last!
He’s back!
Listen my friends
I have done as I said
I have been to their lines
I have counted each man
I will tell what I can
Better be warned
They have armies to spare
And the danger is real
We will need all our cunning
To bring them to heel
Have faith
If you know what their movements are
We'll spoil their game
There are ways that a people can fight
We shall overcome their power
I have overheard their plans
There will be no attack tonight
They intend to starve us out
Before they start a proper fight
Concentrate their force
Hit us when it’s light
Liar!
Good evening, dear inspector
Lovely evening, my dear
I know this man, my friends
His name is Inspector Javert
So don't believe a word he says
'Cause none of it's true
This only goes to show
What little people can do
Bravo, little Gavroche, you're the top of the class!
So what we’re gonna do with this snake in the grass?
Take his man and through him in this tavern in there
The people will decide your fate, Inspector Javert!
Shoot me now or shoot me later
Every schoolboy to his sport
Death to each and every traitor
I renounce your people's court!
Don't you fret
M'sieur Marius
I don't feel any pain
A little fall of rain
Can hardly hurt me now
You're here
Thats all I need to know
And you will keep me safe
And you will keep me close
And rain will make the flowers grow
But you will live, 'Ponine
Dear God above
If I could close your wounds with words of love
Just hold me now and let it be
Shelter me
Comfort me
(Hush a bye)
So don't you fret
(Dear Eponine)
M'sieur Marius
I don't feel any pain
(You won't feel any pain)
A little fall of rain
(A little fall of rain)
Can hardly hurt me now
(Can hardly hurt you now)
I’m here
That’s all I need to know
And you will keep me safe
(And I will stay with you)
('Til you are sleeping)
And you will keep me close
And rain
And rain
Will make the flowers
Will make the flowers
Grow
Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot!
I come here as a volunteer
You see that prisoner over there?
A volunteer like you
A spy who calls himself Javert
He is going to get in too
Get in there! Get inside!
Don’t kill him! I know him!
(…)
Thank you M'sieur
Give me no thanks M'sieur
There is something you can do
If it is in my power
Give me the spy Javert
Let me take care of him
Do what you have to do
The man belongs to you
We meet again
You've hungered for this all your life
Take your revenge
How right you should kill with a knife
Get out of here
Don’t understand
Clear out of here
Once a thief, forever a thief
What you want you always steal
You would trade your life for mine
Yes, Valjean, you want a deal
Shoot me now for all I care
If you let me go, beware
You'll still answer to Javert!
You are wrong, and always have been wrong
I'm a man, no worse than any man
You are free, and there are no conditions
No bargains or petitions
There's nothing that I blame you for
You've done your duty, nothing more
If I come out of this alive, you'll find me
At Rue de l'homme Armé
No doubt our paths will cross again
Drink with me to days gone by
To the life that used to be
At the shrine of friendship never say die
Let the wine of friendship never run dry
Here’s to you and here’s to me
Do I care if I should die
Now she goes across the sea?
Life without Cosette means nothing at all
Would you weep, Cosette, if were to fall?
Will you weep, Cosette, for me?
God on high, hear my prayer
In my need you have always been there
He is young, he's afraid
Let him rest, heaven blessed
Bring him home
Bring him home
Bring him home
He's like the son I might have known
If God had granted me a son
The summers die, one by one
How soon they fly on and on
And I am old and will be gone
Bring him peace, bring him joy
He is young. He is only a boy
You can take. You can give
Let him be. Let him live
If I die, let me die
Let him live
Bring him home
Bring him home
Bring him home
You at the barricade listen to this
The people of Paris sleep in their beds
You have no chance
No chance at all
Why throw your lives away?
Let us die facing our foes
Make them bleed while we can
Make them pay through the nose
Make them pay for every man
Let others rise
To take our place
Until the earth is free!
It's you, Javert
I knew you wouldn't wait too long
The faithful servant at his post once more
This man's done no wrong
And he needs a doctor's care
I warned you, I would not give in
I won't be swayed
Another hour yet
And then I'm yours
And all our debts are paid
The man of mercy
Comes again
And talks of justice
Come, time is running short
Look down, Javert
He's standing in his grave
Who is this man?
What sort of devil is he
To have me caught in a trap
And choose to let me go free?
It was his hour at last
To put a seal on my fate
Wipe out the past
And wash me clean off the slate
All it would take
Was a flick of his knife
Vengeance was his
And he gave me back my life
Damned if I'll live in the debt of a thief
Damned if I'll yield at the end of the chase
I am the law and the law is not mocked
I'll spit his pity right back in his face
There is nothing on earth that we share
It is either Valjean or Javert!
And my thoughts fly apart
Can this man be believed?
Shall his sins be forgiven?
Shall his crimes be reprieved?
And must I now begin to doubt
Who never doubted all these years?
My heart is stone and still it trembles
The world I have known is lost in shadow
Is he from heaven or from hell?
And does he know
That granting me my life today
This man has killed me even so?
I am reaching, but I fall
And the stars are black and cold
As I stare into the void
Of a world that cannot hold
I'll escape now from the world
From the world of Jean Valjean
There is nowhere I can turn
There is no way to go on
There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain goes on and on
Empty chairs at empty tables
Now my friends are dead and gone
Here they talked of revolution
Here it was they lit the flame
Here they sang about tomorrow
And tomorrow never came
From the table in the corner
They could see a world reborn
And they rose with voices ringing
And I can hear them now
The very words that they had sung
Became their last communion
On this lonely barricade, at dawn
Oh my friends, my friends forgive me
That I live and you are gone
There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain goes on and on
Phantom faces at the windows
Phantom shadows on the floor
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will meet no more
Oh my friends, my friends don't ask me
What your sacrifice was for
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friend will sing no more
Every day
You walk with stronger step
You walk with longer step
The worst is over
Don't think about it, Marius.
With all the years ahead of us!
I will never go away
And we will be together
Every day
Every day
We'll remember that night
And the vow that we made
A heart full of love
(She was never mine to keep)
A night full of you
(She is youthful)
I wasn’t around but always true
(She is free)
Cosette, Cosette!
I saw you waiting and I knew
(Love is the garden of the young)
You are here
(Waiting for you)
Let it be
(At your feet)
Let it be
(At your call)
A heart full of love
(And it wasn't a dream)
This I give you
(Not a dream)
On this day
(After all)
M'sieur, this is a day
I can never forget
Is gratitude enough
For giving me Cosette?
Your home shall be with us
And not a day shall pass
But will will prove our love
To you, whom we shall call
A father to us both
A father to us all
Not another word my son
There's something now that must be done
There lived a man whose name was Jean Valjean
He stole some bread to save his sister's son
For nineteen winters served his time
In sweat he washed away his crime
Years ago
He broke parole and lived a life apart
How could he tell Cosette and break her heart?
Marius,
It's for Cosette this must be faced
If he is caught, she is disgraced
The time has come to journey on
And from this day he must be gone
Who am I?
Who am I?
You're Jean Valjean!
Monsieur, you cannot leave
Whatever I tell my beloved Cosette
She will never believe!
Tell her I have gone on a journey
A long way away
Tell her my heart was too full for farewells
It is better this way
Promise me, M'sieur, Cosette will never know
What I have spoken, why I must go
For the sake of Cosette
It must be so
Thank you Marius
Why is he gone, without a word?
That wouldn’t be his way to go
Why so sudden, why so strange?
Did he say how long he’ll be gone?
All he asked for me to say
Its he’s on a journey far away
He can’t leave us now
How he breaks my heart?
We will never be apart
I promise
Alone, I wait in the shadows
I count the hours until I sleep
I dreamed a dream Cosette stood by
It made her weep to know I die
Alone at the end of the day
Upon this wedding night I pray
Take these children, my Lord, to thy embrace
And show them grace
God on high
Hear my prayer
Take me now
To thy care
Where you are?
Let me be
Take me now
Take me there
Bring me home
Bring me home
M'sieur I blessed your name
I’m ready, Fantine
M'sieur lay down your burdens
At the end of my days
You raised my child in love
She is the best of my life
And you will be with God
Papa, papa!
I do not understand
Are you alright?
Why did you go away?
Cosette, my child!
Am I forgiven now?
Thank God! Thank God!
I’ve lived to see this day
It’s you who must forgive a thoughtless full
It’s you that must forgive a thankless man
It’s thank to you that I am living
And again I lay down my life at your feet
Cosette, your father is a saint
When they wounded me, he took me from the barricade
Carried like a baby and brought me home to you
Now you are here
Again beside me
Now I can die in peace
For now my life is blessed
Papa you're going to live!
It's too soon, to soon to say goodbye
Yes Cosette, forbid me now to die
I'll obey, I will try
On this page, I write my last confession
Read it well when I at last am sleeping
It's the story of one who turned from hating
A man who only learned to love
When you were in his keeping
Come with me
Where chains will never bind you
All your grief at last at last behind you
Lord in heaven, look down on him in mercy
Forgive me all my trespasses
And take me to your glory
Take my hand and lead me to salvation
Take my love, for love is everlasting
And remember the truth that once was spoken
To love another person is to see the face of God
Do you hear the people sing
Lost in the valley of the night
It is the music of a people
Who are climbing to the light
For the wretched of the earth
There is a flame that never dies
Even the darkest night will end
And the sun will rise
They will live again in freedom
In the garden of the Lord
They will walk behind the plough-share
They will put away the sword
The chain will be broken
And all men will have their reward
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Somewhere beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Do you hear the people sing
Say, do you hear the distant drums?
It is the future that they bring
When tomorrow comes
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Somewhere beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Do you hear the people sing
Say, do you hear the distant drums?
It is the future that we bring
When tomorrow comes
Tomorrow comes