On My Own

On my own

by Claude-Michel Schönberg

Les Miserables

From the official Les Miserables notes.

VERSE 1:

On my own, pretending he's beside me.

All alone, I walk with him till morning.

Without him, I feel his arms around me.

And when I lose my way I close my eyes and he has found me!

VERSE 2:

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.

BRIDGE:

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.

VERSE 3:

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.

VERSE 4:

I love him, but every day 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.

ENDING:

I love him,

I love him,

I love him,

but only on my own.