Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
by Native Construct
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Native Construct's rendition of "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" from Les Misérables
lyrics
There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain goes on and on
Empty chairs at empty tables
Now my friends are dead and gone
Here they talked of revolution
Here it was they lit the flame
Here they sang about tomorrow
And tomorrow never came
From the table in the corner
They could see a world reborn
And they rose with voices ringing
And I can hear them now
The very words that they had sung
Became their last communion
On the lonely barricade at dawn
Oh, my friends, my friends, forgive me
That I live and you are gone
There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain goes on and on
Phantom faces at the window
Phantom shadows on the floor
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will meet no more
Oh, my friends, my friends, don't ask me
What your sacrifice was for
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will sing no more
There's a pain goes on and on
Empty chairs at empty tables
Now my friends are dead and gone
Here they talked of revolution
Here it was they lit the flame
Here they sang about tomorrow
And tomorrow never came
From the table in the corner
They could see a world reborn
And they rose with voices ringing
And I can hear them now
The very words that they had sung
Became their last communion
On the lonely barricade at dawn
Oh, my friends, my friends, forgive me
That I live and you are gone
There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain goes on and on
Phantom faces at the window
Phantom shadows on the floor
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will meet no more
Oh, my friends, my friends, don't ask me
What your sacrifice was for
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will sing no more
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released November 4, 1915
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg
Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer
Arranged and Orchestrated by Myles Yang
Vocals by Robert Edens
Mixed and Mastered by Robert Edens
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg
Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer
Arranged and Orchestrated by Myles Yang
Vocals by Robert Edens
Mixed and Mastered by Robert Edens
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Native Construct Boston, Massachusetts
Native Construct is a prog-metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, made up of five twenty-something-year-olds who met at
music school.
In 2015, we released our first album, Quiet World, on Metal Blade Records. You can hear it on this page. Enjoy.
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Apr 2015 -
Feb 2017 -
Nov 1915
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