lemiz' heroine

A Little Fall of Rain

Eponine
Don't you fret, M'sieur Marius
I don't feel any pain
A little fall of rain can hardly hurt me now
You're here, that's all I need to know
And you will keep me safe
And you will keep me close
And rain will make the flowers grow

Marius
But you will live, 'Ponine - dear God above,
If I could heal your wounds with words of love

Eponine
Just hold me now, and let it be
Shelter me, comfort me

Marius
You would live a hundred years
If I could show you how
I won't desert you now...

Eponine
The rain can't hurt me now
This rain will wash away what's past
And you will keep me safe
And you will keep me close
I'll sleep in your embrace at last

The rain that brings you here is Heaven-blessed!
The skies begin to clear and I'm at rest
A breath away from where you are
I've come home from so far

Eponine & Marius
So don't you fret, M'sieur Marius
(Hush-a-bye, dear Eponine)
I don't feel any pain
(You won't feel any pain)
A little fall of rain can hardly hurt me now
(A little fall of rain can hardly hurt you now)
I'm here..
That's all I need to know
And you will keep me safe
(I'll stay with you 'til you are sleeping..)
And you will keep me close
And rain
(And rain)
Will make the flowers..
(Will make the flowers.. grow)

She dies. Marius kisses her, then lays her on the ground

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les miserables. i love the book. i love the musical even more. lots of memories are connected to lemiz (practically the only fond memories i have of highschool involved our performing "one day more" and "on my own" for our broadway presentation in third year). it's my all-time favorite book/musical.. and i can know most of the songs from lemiz by heart.

most people i know love the cosette-marius love angle. hmmm. not me. i don't even like cosette. nor marius, for that matter. the one character i really admire in lemiz is eponine. yup. the girl who was so hopelessly in love with marius (goodness knows what the heck she saw in him!!). the girl whose love for her guy literally killed her. the girl whose death made a man out of a coward. eponine.. the tragic heroine.

and while most would probably say their favorite song from lemiz is "on my own".. i'd have to say that *this* is mine. "a little fall of rain" is just so sad.. yet so beautiful. it's so touching that even though i don't like marius.. i learned to appreciate him afterwards, haha.

the song just speaks volumes.