Javert's Suicide

But you, Javel, I knew you wouldn't wait too long
The faithful servant that is punched once more
This man's done no wrong, and he needs a doctor's care
I warned you, I would not give in
I won't be swayed (another hour yet, and then I'm yours)
And all our debts are paid

The man of mercy comes again
Then talks of justice (and time is running short)
Down, Javel, he's standing in his grave
Give way (take me)
Javel, there is a life to save (before I change my mind)
I will be waiting
Two, four, six, oh, one

Who's 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 who 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 I never doubted all these 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
There is no where I can turn
There is no way to go on