Javert's Suicide - Various Artists.mp3

[00:00.00]VALJEAN
[00:00.71]It's you, Javert!
[00:01.63]I knew you wouldn't wait too long
[00:03.49]The faithful servant at his post once more!
[00:05.82]This man's done no wrong,
[00:07.33]And he needs a doctor's care.
[00:08.79]JAVERT
[00:11.35]I warned you I would not give in
[00:13.97]I won't be swayed
[00:15.07]VALJEAN
[00:15.32]Another hour yet
[00:16.48]And then I'm yours
[00:17.89]And all our debts are paid.
[00:19.91]JAVERT
[00:22.36]The man of mercy comes again
[00:25.19]And talks of justice
[00:26.40]JAVERT
[00:26.66]Come, time is running short
[00:29.52]Look down, Javert
[00:32.00]He's standing in his grave
[00:34.86]Give way, Javert -Take him Valjean,
[00:37.86]There is a life to save. -Before I change my mind
[00:40.83]JAVERT
[00:41.08]I will be waiting
[00:42.66]24601.
[00:47.12](Valjean carries Marius off)
[00:54.69]JAVERT
[00:59.48]Who is this man?
[01:00.13]What sort of devil is he
[01:01.34]To have me caught in a trap
[01:02.51]And choose to let me go free?
[01:03.96]It was his hour at last
[01:05.12]To put a seal on my fate
[01:06.68]Wipe out the past
[01:07.58]And wash me clean off the slate!
[01:09.34]All it would take
[01:10.20]Was a flick of his knife.
[01:11.81]Vengeance was his
[01:12.65]And he gave me back my life!
[01:17.13]Damned if I'll live in the debt of a thief!
[01:19.60]Damned if I'll yield at the end of the chase.
[01:22.11]I am the Law and the Law is not mocked
[01:24.38]I'll spit his pity right back in his face
[01:26.57]There is nothing on earth that we share
[01:29.14]It is either Valjean or Javert!
[01:44.94]How can I now allow this man
[01:49.68]To hold dominion over me?
[01:54.62]This desperate man whom I have hunted
[01:58.54]He gave me my life. He gave me freedom.
[02:04.13]I should have perished by his hand
[02:08.94]It was his right.
[02:13.32]It was my right to die as well
[02:17.81]Instead I live... but live in hell.
[02:22.48]And my thoughts fly apart
[02:26.11]Can this man be believed?
[02:29.94]Shall his sins be forgiven?
[02:33.56]Shall his crimes be reprieved?
[02:44.10]And must I now begin to doubt,
[02:48.17]Who never doubted all these years?
[02:52.34]My heart is stone and still it trembles
[02:55.97]The world I have known is lost in shadow.
[03:00.49]Is he from heaven or from hell?
[03:04.42]And does he know
[03:08.63]That granting me my life today
[03:13.42]This man has killed me even so?
[03:23.70]I am reaching, but I fall
[03:29.79]And the stars are black and cold
[03:34.11]As I stare into the void
[03:37.57]Of a world that cannot hold
[03:41.45]I'll escape now from the world
[03:44.22]From the world of Jean Valjean.
[03:47.14]There is nowhere I can turn
[03:49.74]There is no way to go on....
[03:54.22](He throws himself into the swollen river)