Valjean's Soliloquy

what have i done?

sweet jesus,what have i done?

become a thief in the night!

become d dog on the run!

and have i fallen so far

and it's the hour so late

that nothing remains but the cry of my hate

the cries in the dark that nobody hears

here where i stand at the turning of the years?

if there's another way to go

i missed it twenty long years ago

my life was a war that cloud never be won

they gave me a number and left me for dead

just for stealing a monthful of bread

yet why did i allow that 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'd be back

beneath the lash,upon the rock

instead,he offers me my freedom

i feel my shame inside me like a knife

he told me that i have a soul

how does he know?

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 the world

from the world JEAN VALJEAN

JEAN VALJEAN is nothing now

another story must begin!