Les Miserables – Empty Chairs At Empty Tables lyrics

Les Miserables – Empty Chairs At Empty Tables lyrics

[Marius, recovering from his wounds, imagines he's back at the abc cafe.]

Marius
There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain goes on and on
Empty chairs at empty tables
Now my friends are dead and gone

Here they talked of revolution
Here it was they lit the flame
Here they sang about tomorrow
And tomorrow never came.

From the table in the corner
They could see a world reborn
And they rose with voices ringing
And I can hear them now!
The very words that they had sung
Became their last communion
On the lonely barricade...
At dawn.

Oh my friends, my friends forgive me.

[The ghosts of those who died on the barricade appear.]

That I live and you are gone
There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain goes on and on

Phantom faces at the window
Phantom shadows on the floor
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will meet no more.

[The ghosts fade away.]

Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me
What your sacrifice was for
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will sing no more...

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Unregistered 2019-02-15 18:48:55

This song is incredible! The way he sung and acted in this movie was utterly heart -wrenching. This wonderful, emotional song is one of my favourites along with I dreamed a dream and Master of the house also from Les mis. Marius (Eddie Redmayne) sings about his emotions for his dead friends who sacrificed themselves for France in the revolution. The way he portrays the sadness he feels for his friends who talked of revolution, but died. Eddie Redmayne is an amazing actor and he really portrayed Marius well. I really want to watch Les Mis on stage, though I can't imagine anyone else playing his character, he is exactly how I imagined him. Les Mis well recommended it you have not watched it yet. Spoiler Alert! Although Eponine's death is very sad, it was touching that she died in Marius's arms since she always wanted his affections and to be with him. :).

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Unregistered 2013-12-12 00:22:47

This song was absolutely incredible, the way he sang it and the way he acted it was truly heart-wrenching. The wonderful performance had me on the brink of tears and I would've cry had I been one of the type of people to cry over a movie, but I felt as if I were there in his place. Once more, a wonderful performance and it created the illusion perfectly. Something so sacred as friendship lost in a matter of hours would be truly scarring and Marius depicts that astoundingly, I can only hope to see anything like this in future shows, but for now I'll gladly settle with Les Mis.

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