Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Prologue, artist - VNV Nation. Album song The Solitary EP, in the genre Электроника
Date of issue: 02.09.2013
Record label: Anachron Sounds
Song language: English
Prologue |
Prisoners |
Look down, look down |
Don’t look 'em in the eye |
Look down, look down, You’re here until you die |
The sun is strong |
It’s hot as hell below |
Look down, look down, There’s twenty years to go |
I’ve done no wrong! |
Sweet Jesus hear my prayer! |
Look down, look down, |
Sweet Jesus doesn’t care |
I know she’ll wait, I know that she’ll be true! |
Look down, look down, |
They’ve all forgotten you |
When I get free ya won’t see me |
Here for dust! |
Look down, look down |
Don’t look 'em in the eye |
How long O Lord |
Before you let me die? |
Look down, look down, You’ll always be a slave |
Look down, look down, You’re standing in your grave Javert |
Now bring me prisoner 24601Your time is up |
And your parole’s begun |
You know what that means Valjean |
Yes, it means I’m free Javert |
NO! |
It means you get |
Your yellow ticket-of-leave |
You are a thief Valjean |
I stole a loaf of bread! |
Javert |
You robbed a house! |
Valjean |
I broke a window pane! |
My sister’s child was close to death |
And we were starving! |
Javert |
And you will starve again |
Unless you learn the meaning of the law. |
Valjean |
I know the meaning of these 19 years |
A slave of the law Javert |
Five years for what you did |
The rest because you tried to run |
Yes 24 601 Valjean |
My name is Jean Valjean Javert |
And I am Javert |
Do not forget my name |
Do not forget me24601 Chorus |
Look down, look down |
You will always be a slave |
Look down, look down |
You’re standing in your grave. |
Valjean |
Freedom is mine. |
The earth is still. |
I feel the wind. |
I breathe again. |
And the sky clears, the world is waiting. |
Drink from the pool. |
How clean the taste |
Never forget the years, the waste. |
Nor forgive them, for what they’ve done. |
They are the guilty, everyone. |
The day begins… |
And now lets see |
What this new world |
Will do for me! |
Farmer |
You’ll have to go |
I’ll pay you off for the day |
Collect your bits and pieces there |
And be on your way. |
Valjean |
You’ve given me half |
What the other men get! |
This handful of tin |
Wouldn’t buy my sweat! |
Laborer |
You broke the law |
It’s there for people to see |
Why should you get the same |
As honest men like me? |
Valjean |
Now every door is closed to me |
Another jail, another key, another chain |
For when I come to any town |
They check my papers |
And they find the mark of Cain |
In their eyes, I see their fear:'We do not want you here.' |
Innkeeper’s Wife |
My rooms are full |
And I’ve no supper to spare |
I’d like to help a stranger |
All we want is to be fair Valjean |
I will pay in advance |
I can sleep in a barn |
You see how dark it is |
I’m not some kind of dog! |
Innkeeper |
You leave my house |
Or feel the weight of my rod |
We’re law-abiding people here |
Thanks be to God. |
Valjean |
And now I know how freedom feels |
The jailer always at your heels |
It is the law! |
This piece of paper in my hand |
That makes me cursed throughout the land |
It is the law! |
Like a cur |
I walk the street |
The dirt beneath my feet. |
Bishop |
Come in, Sir, for you are weary |
And the night is cold out there. |
Though our lives are very humble |
What we have, we have to share. |
There is wine here to revive you, There is bread to make you strong, |
There’s a bed to rest till morning, Rest from pain, and rest from wrong. |
Valjean |
He let me eat my fill |
I had the lion’s share |
The silver in my hand |
Cost twice what I had earned |
In all those nineteen years |
That lifetime of despair |
And yet he trusted me. |
The old fool trusted me -He's done his bit of good |
I played the grateful serf |
And thanked him like I should |
But when the house was still, I got up in the night |
Took the silver |
Took my flight! |