Vivre Ou Survivre
Daniel Balavoine
Live or Survive
Morning bell rings
Cry sorrow
And rewinds the wet film
Of the past in the eyes
Short too short
Our love
And the calls for help
Know that a deaf person doesn't hear what he wants
And yet he wants to live
Or survive
Without poems
Without hurting all those who love him
Happy
Unhappy
Living alone or even together
But living forever
Without speeches
Without velvet
Without the useless phrases
Of an old photo novel
Withered flowers die
Black and white
Only colors
Of a future that is already the past for us
And yet we must live
Or survive
Without poems
Without hurting those who love us
Being happy
Unhappy
Living alone or even together
And yet we must live
Or survive
Without poems
Without hurting those who love us
Being happy
Unhappy
Living alone or even together
But living in silence
Thinking about the sufferings
Of the earth and telling ourselves
That we are not the unhappiest
When in love
Everything collapses
All the misery of a world
Is nothing compared to a goodbye
And yet I want to live
Or survive
Without poems
Without hurting all those I love
Being happy
Unhappy
Living alone or even together
Oh oh
Live or survive
Alone or even together
Ooohh...