VALJEAN
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 his family's care.


JAVERT
I warned you I would not give in!

I won't be swayed!

VALJEAN

Another hour yet
And then I'm yours
And all our debts are paid.


JAVERT
The man of mercy comes again

And talks of justice!

VALJEAN

Come, time is running short -
Look down, Javert!
He's standing in his grave!


JAVERT Who is this man?
What sort of devil is he?

To have caught me 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!


JAVERT
Damned if I live in the debt of a thief!
Damned if I 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!

How can I allow this man

To hold dominion over me?
This desperate man that I have hunted...
He gave me my 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... But 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 those 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 that world
From the world of Jean Valjean
This is nowhere I can turn...
There is no way to go on...