Les Miserables Cast - On My Own Lyrics

Les Miserables Cast Lyrics

"On My Own"
(performed by Samantha Barks)
(from "Les Misérables: Highlights From The Motion Picture Soundtrack" soundtrack)

On my own
Pretending he's beside me
All alone
I walk with him 'til 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

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Writer(s): Burt F. Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager

This solo track tells a story of Éponine's unrequited love to Marius. She sees them together only in her mind since Marius just doesn't consider her as a love interest and loves Cosette instead.

Samantha Barks sang this song in the 2012 film adaptation of "Les Miserables". It was her debut on screen although she had already played several times in musicals, e.g. "Cabaret", "Les Miserables" in West End.

"On My Own" was performed by Samantha Barks at the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium on the 9th of December 2010.

This version of the song entered the US Billboard Hot 100 in January 2013.