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1815, Toulon, France. The chain gang, overseen by brutal warders, works in the sun.]

Prisoners
Look down, look down
Don't look 'em in the eye
Look down, look down, You're here until you die
The sun is strong
It's hot as hell below
Look down, look down, There's twenty years to go
I've done no wrong! Sweet Jesus hear my prayer! Look down, look down, Sweet Jesus doesn't care
I know she'll wait, I know that she'll be true! Look down, look down, They've all forgotten you
When I get free ya won't see me
Here for dust! Look down, look down
Don't look 'em in the eye
How long O Lord
Before you let me die? Look down, look down, You'll always be a slave
Look down, look down, You're standing in your grave Javert
Now bring me prisoner 24601Your time is up
And your parole's begun
You know what that means Valjean
Yes, it means I'm free Javert
NO! It means you get
Your yellow ticket-of-leave
You are a thief Valjean
I stole a loaf of bread! Javert
You robbed a house! Valjean
I broke a window pane! My sister's child was close to death
And we were starving! Javert
And you will starve again
Unless you learn the meaning of the law. Valjean
I know the meaning of these 19 years
A slave of the law Javert
Five years for what you did
The rest because you tried to run
Yes 24601 Valjean
My name is Jean Valjean Javert
And I am Javert
Do not forget my name
Do not forget me24601 Chorus
Look down, look down
You will always be a slave
Look down, look down
You're standing in your grave. Valjean
Freedom is mine. The earth is still.
I feel the wind. I breathe again.
And the sky clears, the world is waiting.
Drink from the pool. How clean the taste
Never forget the years, the waste.
Nor forgive them, for what they've done.
They are the guilty, everyone.
The day begins...
And now lets see
What this new world
Will do for me!

[He finds work on a farm.]

Farmer
You'll have to go
I'll pay you off for the day
Collect your bits and pieces there
And be on your way.
Valjean
You've given me half
What the other men get! This handful of tin
Wouldn't buy my sweat! Laborer
You broke the law
It's there for people to see
Why should you get the same
As honest men like me? Valjean
Now every door is closed to me
Another jail, another key, another chain
For when I come to any town
They check my papers
And they find the mark of Cain
In their eyes, I see their fear:`We do not want you here.'

[He comes to an inn.]

Innkeeper's Wife
My rooms are full
And I've no supper to spare
I'd like to help a stranger
All we want is to be fair Valjean
I will pay in advance
I can sleep in a barn
You see how dark it is
I'm not some kind of dog! Innkeeper
You leave my house
Or feel the weight of my rod
We're law-abiding people here
Thanks be to God.

[They throw him out.]

Valjean
And now I know how freedom feels
The jailer always at your heels
It is the law! This piece of paper in my hand
That makes me cursed throughout the land
It is the law! Like a cur
I walk the street
The dirt beneath my feet.

[He sits down despairingly outside a house from which emerges the Bishop of Digne.]

Bishop
Come in, Sir, for you are weary
And the night is cold out there.
Though our lives are very humble
What we have, we have to share.
There is wine here to revive you, There is bread to make you strong, There's a bed to rest till morning, Rest from pain, and rest from wrong. Valjean
He let me eat my fill
I had the lion's share
The silver in my hand
Cost twice what I had earned
In all those nineteen years
That lifetime of despair
And yet he trusted me.
The old fool trusted me -He's done his bit of good
I played the grateful serf
And thanked him like I should
But when the house was still, I got up in the night
Took the silver
Took my flight!

[Taking the silver cup, he runs off, but is brought back by two constables.]

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Mae

Mae is an American rock band that formed in Norfolk Virginia in 2001. The band's name is an acronym for Multi-sensory Aesthetic Experience, which is derived from a concept called Multi-sensory Aesthetic Theory that drummer Jacob Marshall studied while a student at Old Dominion University.

Jacob Marshall and Dave Elkins began what would become Mae by writing their first song, "Embers and Envelopes", in Marshall's living room. The band signed with Tooth and Nail Records and released their first album, Destination: Beautiful, in 2003. They released their second full-length album, The Everglow, in 2005. The band toured extensively to promote it, and also performed on the Vans Warped Tour. Mae re-released The Everglow in 2006, adding three new songs and a 2-hour DVD.

Later in 2006, the band announced that they had fulfilled their contract with Tooth & Nail and signed to Capitol Records for their third full-length album. Mae began recording the album in the fall of 2006, working with producer Howard Benson (who has produced albums for Saosin, My Chemical Romance, and Relient K). It is titled Singularity and was released on August 14, 2007. On June 19, 2007, the band released their first single from the upcoming album titled "Sometimes I Can't Make It Alone".

Mae split ways with Capitol Records in 2008. The band has embarked on a year-long independent project, releasing one song every month with all proceeds going to benefit humanitarian projects of the band's choosing. The first four months were compiled into the (m)orning EP. The next four months will be released as (a)fternoon and the final four as (e)vening.

According to Elkins in a 2003 interview, while the band members are Christians, Mae is not a "Christian band".

On September 24, 2007 Mark and Rob parted ways with Mae.

The two replacement members for touring are 20-year-old Josiah Schlater on bass and Robert Smith on keyboards. Schlater and Smith are members of the band Tokyo, also from Virginia Beach.[5]Official site: http://www.whatismae.com

Current band members
* Dave Elkins · Guitar/Vocals
* Zach Gehring · Guitar
* Jacob Marshall · Drums

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