An Old Tune Growing Progressively Louder

I've never seen Les Mis.

The songs are familiar, though - almost like regardless of where or when we come from, we've heard them before.

Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the song of angry men?
It is the music of a people 
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start 
When tomorrow comes!

Alas, if you're tired of the refrain and can't get no relief, there's only one way out.