Lyrics for Javert's Suicide
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 theif!
Damned if I'll yield at the end of the chase!
I am the Law and the Law is not mocked!
There is nothing on Earth that we share
It is either Valjean or Javert
How can I allow this man
To hold dominion over me
This desperate man whom I have hunted
He gave me life
He gave me freedom
I should have perished by his hand
It was his right
It was my right to die as well
Instead I live and live in hell
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 shadows
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 form that world
From the world of Jean Valjean
There is no where I can turn
There is no way to go wrong!
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