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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Alfie Boe
Alfie Boe
Vocals
Nick Jonas
Nick Jonas
Vocals
Danish National Chamber Orchestra
Danish National Chamber Orchestra
Orchestra
James Morgan
James Morgan
Keyboards
Juliette Pochin
Juliette Pochin
Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Alain Boublil
Alain Boublil
Composer
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Composer
Herbert Kretzmer
Herbert Kretzmer
Composer
James Morgan
James Morgan
String Arranger
Juliette Pochin
Juliette Pochin
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
James Morgan
James Morgan
Producer
Juliette Pochin
Juliette Pochin
Producer
Lars C Bruun
Lars C Bruun
Recording Engineer
Ben Robbins
Ben Robbins
Recording Engineer
Jesse E. String
Jesse E. String
Recording Engineer
Søren Mikkelsen
Søren Mikkelsen
Mixing Engineer
Jakob Groth
Jakob Groth
Mixing Engineer
Daniel Jaramillo
Daniel Jaramillo
Engineer
Tony Cousins
Tony Cousins
Mastering Engineer

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 the sang about tomorrow
And tomorrow never came
From the table, through the corner
They could see a world reborn
And they rose with voices ringing
And I can here them now
The very words that they had sung
Became their last communion
And 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
Written by: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer

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