Les Miserables Regenerated (a fanmix!)

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That one time I said to myself, “wouldn’t it be fun if you went through your vast music collection and picked out songs to correspond to all the major Les Mis songs?”

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Working Song: Dig My Grave – They Might Be Giants
Dig my grave
Dig my grave
Every time I look in your eyes
I see Saint Peter wave

On Parole: Animal I Have Become – Three Days Grace
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can’t control myself
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it’s not the real me

What Have I Done: Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been – Relient K
Who I am hates who I’ve been
And who I am will take the second chance you gave me.
Who I am hates who I’ve been
Cause who I’ve been only ever made me
So sorry for the person I became

At The End Of The Day: Parade – Garbage
Oh doctor
We’re dying
There’s no use in crying
So live for tomorrow
And do what you have to.

I Dreamed A Dream: Torn – Natalie Imbruglia
Illusion never changed
Into something real
I’m wide awake and I can see
The perfect sky is torn
You’re a little late, I’m already torn

Lovely Ladies: Standing In The Rain – Billy Talent
My head, it hurts
Each day it’s getting worse
My looks and smile
Have now become my curse
Tight lips, red skirt
The neverending street

Who Am I: Who’s Gonna Save My Soul – Gnarls Barkley
Is it a shame that someone else’s song
Was totally and completely dependant on
Who’s gonna save my soul now?
Who’s gonna save my soul now?
I wonder if I’ll live to grow old now

Come To Me: Pale – Within Temptation
Oh, this night is too long
Have no strength to go on
No more pain I’m floating away
Through the mist I see the face
Of an angel, calls my name
I remember you’re the reason I have to stay

The Confrontation: You Know My Name – Chris Cornell
I’ve seen angels fall from blinding heights
But you yourself are nothing so divine
Just next in line
Arm yourself
Because no-one else here will save you

Castle On A Cloud: When She Loved Me – Sarah McLachlan
When somebody loved me, everything was beautiful
Every hour we spent together, lives within my heart
And when she was sad, I was there to dry her tears
And when she was happy, so was I
When she loved me

Master Of The House: Money – Pink Floyd
Money it’s a hit
Don’t give me that do goody good bullshit
I’m in the hi-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a Lear jet
Money it’s a crime
Share it fairly but don’t take a slice of my pie
Money so they say
Is the root of all evil today

Look Down: I Predict A Riot – Kaiser Chiefs
And if there’s anybody left in here
That doesn’t want to be out there
Watching the people get lairy
It’s not very pretty I tell thee
Walking through town is quite scary

Stars: Ain’t No Grave – Johnny Cash
But Gabriel don’t you blow your trumpet ’til you hear it from me
There ain’t no grave can hold my body down
Ain’t no grave can hold my body down
Well, meet me Jesus, meet me
Meet me in the middle of the air
And if these wings don’t fail me I will meet you anywhere

Eponine’s Errand: For You To Notice Me – Dashboard Confessional
I’m starting to fashion an idea in my head
where I would impress you
with every single word I said.
Would come out insightful or brave or smooth or charming
and you’d want to call me
And I would be there every time
you’d need me

Red and Black: Uprising – Muse
They will not force us
And they will stop degrading us
And they will not control us
We will be victorious, so come on
Interchanging mind control
Come let the revolution take its toll
If you could flick a switch and open your third eye
You’d see that we should never be afraid to die

Do You Hear The People Sing: We’re Not Gonna Take It – Twisted Sister
We’re not gonna take it
No, we ain’t gonna take it
We’re not gonna take it anymore
We’ve got the right to choose and
There ain’t no way we’ll lose it
This is our life, this is our song

In My Life: Life Is Short – Butterfly Boucher
Oh I am young but I have aged
Waited long to seize the day
All things said and plenty done
Life’s too short
Ooh could this be
Ooh could this be the day I’ve waited for?

A Heart Full Of Love: All About Us – He Is We
This is a feeling I’ve never felt
But it’s all about us
Suddenly I’m feeling brave
Don’t know what’s got into me
Why I feel this way
Can we dance, real slow?
Can I hold you, real close?

One Day More: Dog Days Are Over – Florence and the Machine
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming so you better run
Run fast for your mother run fast for your father
Run for your children for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can’t carry it with you if you want to survive

Upon These Stones: Rooftops – Lostprophets
Everybody scream your heart out.
This is all we got now
Everybody scream your heart out.
Standing on the rooftops
Wait until the bombs drop
This is all we got now
Scream until your heart stops

On My Own: Nobody Loves You – Garbage
Coughing up feeling just for you
To find something real to hold on to
But there is a hole inside my heart
Where all of my love comes pouring out

Little People: Another Brick In The Wall – Pink Floyd
We don’t need no education
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers, leave them kids alone
Hey, teacher, leave us kids alone

A Little Fall Of Rain: What The Water Gave Me – Florence and the Machine
And time goes quicker
Between the two of us
Oh, my love, don’t forsake me
Take what the water gave me

Drink With Me: Save Tonight – Eagle Eye Cherry
Well we know I’m going away
And how I wish, I wish it weren’t so
So take this wine and drink with me
And let’s delay our misery
Save tonight and fight the break of dawn
Come tomorrow, tomorrow I’ll be gone

Bring Him Home: Carry On My Wayward Son – Kansas
Carry on my wayward son
There’ll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don’t you cry no more

The Final Battle: Ready Aim Fire – Imagine Dragons
We don’t have a choice to stay
We’d rather die than do it your way
With our backs to the wall, the darkness would fall
We never quite thought we could lose it all
Ready aim fire, Ready aim fire
An empire’s falling just one day

Dog Eat Dog: Please Mr Gravedigger – David Bowie
Please Mr. Gravedigger, don’t feel ashamed
As you dig little holes for the dead and the maimed
Please Mr. Gravedigger, I couldn’t care
If you found a golden locket full of some girl’s hair
And you put it in your pocket

The Suicide: My Own Prison – Creed
I cry out to God
Seeking only his decision
Gabriel stands and confirms
I’ve created my own prison

Turning: Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) – Billy Joel
You know we almost didn’t notice it
We’d see it all the time on Forty-Second Street.
They burned the churches up in Harlem
Like in that Spanish Civil War
The flames were everywhere
But no one really cared
It always burned up there before

Empty Chairs At Empty Tables:
Brothers In Arms – Dire Straits
I’ve witnessed all your suffering
As the battle raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

Valjean’s Confession:
At This Point In My Life – Tracy Chapman
Before we talk commitment
Let me tell you of my past
All I’ve seen and all I’ve done
The things I’d like to forget
At this point in my life

Beggars At The Feast:
Cream And Bastards Rise – Harvey Danger
You don’t have to be a genius, but it helps to (it helps to)
Fools and charlatans they may get wise
But only cream and bastards rise

Valjean’s Death:
Use Well The Days – Annie Lennox
I’m glad that you are here with me,
Here at the end of all things.
Night, too, shall be beautiful,
And blessed, and its fear will pass
I must leave, must cross the sea;
The love you gave is all I take with me

Epilogue:
Tomorrow Will Be Kinder – The Secret Sisters
The wind has blown but now I know
That tomorrow will be kinder
Tomorrow will be kinder
I know I’ve seen it before
A brighter day is coming my way
Yes, tomorrow will be kinder

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