Do you hear the people sing?

On my own, pretending he's besides me.

All alone, I walk with him till morning.

...

In the rain, the pavement shines like silver

All the lights are misty in the river

In the darkness, the trees are filled with starlight

...

But I know, it's only in my mind

That I'm talking to myself, and not to him...

...

But when the night is over, he's gone! The river's just a river...

I love him, but everyday I'm learning

All my life, I've only been pretending!

Without me, his world will go on turning...

Hooked on this song. It's just so sad. Eponine is such a tragic character. I guess a lot of people like her cause they felt what she felt at some point of life. Even though the person and the attraction is gone, the sadness never really is.

Besides, it's a really beautiful poem that heightens the sense of loneliness using irony in the contrast of reality and the imagined, and, I think, some factors of causation: the logical and the ascribed...

Lol. My lit brain on overdrive after hibernating for half a year.