On My Own
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On My Own Lyrics
[RACHEL]
On my own, pretending he's beside me
All alone, I walk with him 'til morning
Without him, I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes, and he has found me
In the rain, the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever
And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say, there's a way for us
I love him, but when the night is over
He is gone, the river's just a river
Without him, the world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere, the streets are full of strangers
I love him, but every day I'm learning
All my life, I've only been pretending
Without me, his world would go on turning
A world that's full of happiness that I have never known
On my own, pretending he's beside me
All alone, I walk with him 'til morning
Without him, I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes, and he has found me
In the rain, the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever
And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say, there's a way for us
I love him, but when the night is over
He is gone, the river's just a river
Without him, the world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere, the streets are full of strangers
I love him, but every day I'm learning
All my life, I've only been pretending
Without me, his world would go on turning
A world that's full of happiness that I have never known
I love him
I love him
I love him
But only on my own
I love him
I love him
But only on my own
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Genius Annotation
“On My Own” from the musical Les Misérables is featured in “Pilot”, the first episode of season one. It is sung by Rachel as her audition for the Glee club. She also posts a video of her singing this song on her MySpace.
“On My Own” was the first song to be released as a single and was the first overall released solo of the series.
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The song peaked at #73 in the United Kingdom and #42 in Ireland.
The song became the first from a Glee compilation album (Glee: The Music, The Complete Season One) to appear on any music charts.
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September 14, 2010
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