At Notre Dame the sections are prepared!
The time is near
Don't let the wine go to your brains!
To call them to arms
And to bring them in line!
What's wrong today?
She was just like a ghost to me
I am agog!
Is Marius in love at last?
I've never heard him `ooh' and `aah'
You talk of battles to be won
It's better than an o-per-a!
Thank you,gentlemen!
It is time for us all
To decide who we are
Do we fight for the right
To a night at the opera now?
Is it simply a game
For rich young boys to play?
The color of the world
Black - the dark of ages past!
Black - the night that ends at last!
Had you been there tonight
You might know how it feels
In a moment of breathless delight!
Had you been there tonight
You might also have known
And what was right seems wrong
Black...
My world if she's not there!
Red...
The color of desire!
Marius, you're no longer a child
I do not doubt you mean it well
But now there is a higher call.
Who cares about your lonely soul?
We strive toward a larger goal
Red - the blood of angry men!
Black - the night that ends at last!
Well, Courfeyrac, do we have all the guns?
Feuilly, Combeferre, our time is running short.
Grantaire, put the bottle down!
Do we have the guns we need?
Give me brandy on my breath
And I'll breathe them all to death!
Listen everybody!
Lamarque! His death is the hour of fate.
His death is the sign we await!
On his funeral day they will honor his name.
With the light of rebellion ablaze in their eyes
From their candles of grief we will kindle our flame
Let us take to the streets with no doubt in our hearts
But a jubilant shout
They will come one and all
They will come when we call!
At rue de Bac they're straining at the leash!
Students, workers, everyone
There's a river on the run
Like the flowing of the tide
Paris coming to our side!
So near it's stirring the blood in their veins!
And yet beware
For the army we fight is a dangerous foe
With the men and the arms that we never can match
It is easy to sit here and swat 'em like flies
But the national guard will be harder to catch.
We need a sign
To rally the people
Marius, you're late.
You look as if you've seen a ghost.
Some wine and say what's going on!
A ghost you say... a ghost maybe
One minute there, and she was gone!
I am aghast!
And here he comes like Don Ju-an
Have you asked of yourselves
What's the price you might pay?
Is changing day by day...
Red - the blood of angry men!
Red - a world about to dawn!
To be struck to the bone
How the world may be changed
In just one burst of light!
And what was wrong seems right!
Red...
I feel my soul on fire!
Black...
The color of despair!
Our little lives don't count at all!
Black - the dark of ages past!
Red - a world about to dawn!
General Lamarque is dead!
 Lamarque is dead!
The people's man.
On the tomb of Lamarque shall our barricades rise!
The time is near!
Let us welcome it gladly with courage and cheer