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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Russell Crowe
Performer
Stephen Metcalfe
Performer
Anne Dudley
Piano
Chris Jahnke
Performer
Stephen Brooker
Music Director
Rael Jones
Orchestra Leader
Nick Hill
Programming
Isobel Griffiths
Orchestra
Lucy Whalley
Orchestra
Rolf Wilson
Leader
Skaila Kanga
Harp
Dave Daniels
Cello
Ollie Lewis
Leader
Marcus Tilt
Leader
Dave Hartley
Leader
Adam Langston
Performer
Dakota Music Services
Performer
Joan Lader
Performer
Roberta Duchak
Performer
Claire Underwood
Performer
Liz Caplan
Performer
Mary Hammond
Performer
Linda Kerns
Performer
Mark Meylan
Performer
Roger Davison
Piano
Jennifer Whyte
Piano
Michael England
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Alain Boublil
Lyrics
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Composer
Herbert Kretzmer
Lyrics
Jean-Marc Natel
Lyrics
Stephen Metcalfe
Co-Arranger
Anne Dudley
Co-Arranger
Chris Jahnke
Co-Arranger
Stephen Brooker
Co-Arranger
Adam Langston
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Stephen Metcalfe
Producer
Lee McCutcheon
Producer
Cameron Mackintosh
Producer
Anne Dudley
Producer
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Producer
Becky Bentham
Recording Supervisor
Gerard McCann
Editing Engineer
John Warhurst
Editing Engineer
James Bellamy
Editing Engineer
Robert Houston
Editing Engineer
Neil Stemp
Editing Engineer
Christoph Bauschinger
Editing Engineer
Matt Robertson
Editing Engineer
David Hearn
Editing Engineer
Jonathan Allen
Mixing Engineer
Sam O'Kell
Engineer
Simon Rhodes
Engineer
Chris Barrett
Assistant Recording Engineer
Fiona Cruickshank
Assistant Recording Engineer
Olga Fitzroy
Assistant Recording Engineer
Paul Pritchard
Assistant Recording Engineer
Lyrics
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 up the past and watch me clean up 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 thief
Damned if I'll 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 now 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
What I never doubted all those years?
My heart is stone but 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
There is no where I can turn
There is no way to go on
Writer(s): Herbert Kretzmer, Claude-michel Schonberg, Alain Albert Boublil, Jean-marc Natel
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