Lyrics of
Les Misérables - On My Own

On My Own is from Les Misérables, a musical based on the 1862 novel by Victor Hugo. It was composed by Claude-Michel Schönberg with lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel. Set in 19th-century France, it follows Jean Valjean, a former prisoner who breaks parole, and is hunted for decades by the relentless policeman Javert.

On my own, pretending he's beside me,
All alone, I walk with him till morning,
Without him, I feel his arms around me,
And when I lose my way I close my eyes and he has found me.
In the rain, the pavement shines like silver,
All the lights are misty in the river,
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight,
And all I see is him and me forever and forever.

And I know it's only in my mind,
That I'm talking to myself and not to him,
And although I know that he is blind,
Still I say there's a way for us.

I love him, but when the night is over,
He is gone, the river's just a river,
Without him the world around me changes,
The trees are bare and everywhere the streets are full of strangers.
I love him, but every day I'm learning,
All my life I've only been pretending,
Without me his world will go on turning,
A world that's full of happiness that I have never known.

I love him, I love him, I love him,
But only on my own.