A Little Fall Of Rain

The saddest thing about this song is that it's not actually talking about rain. Immediately before the song, Marius sings, "I feel there's something wet upon your hair/ Eponine, you're hurt, you need some help/ O God, it's everywhere." This is obviously talking about her blood draining from her. It's important that he never says the word "blood," because Eponine's response is," Don't you fret...A little fall of rain can hardly hurt me now." She either honestly believes or is pretending that her blood is nothing more than a little drizzle from the rain. I tend to lean more to the latter option as she seems to notice the irony of the "rain" being "heaven-blessed." In summation, the entire song is about Eponine and Marius pretending that she is not injured as Eponine fades before Marius's eyes. The heartbreak of her death is that the writers have her die as she is singing a line about new life. Excuse me, I've got something in my eye...

You know what makes this so sad? This is the only time in Eponine's life she's happy, and she's DYING.

When I heard this song, it brought me to tears. If there was any way to save her life, I'm sure that Marius would have.

its really sweet. i like how he finishes the last sentence for her when she dies.

god...this song brings me to tears. marius finally realizes that eponine has done all this for him, and he sees that eponine is responsible for his happiness. he won't leave her side now...and if he could save her life by telling her that he loved her, then he would. because she's done all this for him. i agree w/ PRtwilight85, and i love how he kisses her as she dies. this part of the book brings me to tears too.

My mom had me listen to the entire soundtrack before we went to see the play. I feel so much for Eponine because I have gone through and continue to go through the pain she felt because she had to watch the man she would do anything for fall in love with another woman. At least she didn't have to see that same woman break the man's heart. It's even worse because (depending on the guy) they go into this deep depression.

I cried endlessly when I first heard this song. In the play, I cried even more because I was seeing it. In the play, she kisses him (him kissing her back) before she dies, then she dies in his arms. This play made me cry sooo many times! I sware I used a thousand kleenexes. I have yet to read the book, but I plan on it VERY soon.

I think this song is lovely. Eponine is happy, she is dying, but its in Marius's arms. This song makes me cry every time.

i have seen the les miserables musical and i think that it rox. this song is so good and the guy that played marius when i saw it was so hot!

i really like this song. it is really sad, as you could tell, cuz mostly everyone that commented said so.

Eponine has been in love with Marius for a long time, but he never loved her. His heart is for Cosette, and Eponine knows it. She's happy finally because she is in his arms. The rain does not nescisarily exsist, but represents all that has been wrong in her life liek her abusive father, living on the streets and not being able to have Marius. This song doesn't mean that Marius loves her, or notices that she is the only reason he's happy. He's only her friend, and she is dying, he obviously wouldn't leave her.

retart60 - while I encourage you to read the book, you may be disappointed. Marius actually hates Eponine, mistakes her for a man, and she tries to kill him. The musical is much happier than the book, and that really is saying something.