Notes Pour Trop Tard (Réécriture)

I had your age just a few pages ago
The transition to adulthood is exhilarating in the turn
Becoming a woman, there's no internship, no second chance
I know you didn't decide it, but you carry this legacy
So learn to deal with it, nothing is really acquired
But don't forget to be a woman before being a mother
Think of your great-grandmother who couldn't decide
Couldn't even divorce, barely breathe
Don't act like a spoiled child, nothing is ever won
Listen, I took some notes

Little one, you feel different
You don't walk the line, maybe it's you who
Is right and the others who are crazy
After all, who creates the codes and taboos?
Who said that those who didn't fit
Would become nothing at all
Often the future geniuses are bad at school
And often it's the shyest ones who become idols
So in class, if the teacher breaks you, tells you you're good for nothing
Don't open up too much or then open up well

Don't worry if you're small, don't worry if you're big
The popular kids in middle school are the first to become losers
Don't look at others, their stupid advice
Listen to what your heart says, it's often right
Learn to love yourself, you're someone special
Special is enough, no need to play it original

The little joys of life are often the coolest
Singing Celine Dion at the top of your lungs, you'll see it's liberating
Surround yourself with people who love you, only look at
Those who give to you and not those who take
Little one, you had time, little one
Little one, take off, life is a long-distance race
You need training
You'll come up with projects that will fall apart
But get up, find a ladder and climb the walls
You want to become a boss, then become a boss
Don't let anyone tell you you're not good enough
It's never those who do nothing who reach the top
Don't compare yourself to others, that's a way to get depressed
You know, there are no limits, not even time
The only limits are the regrets you'll have for saying, not now
For saying, not now

Don't listen to gossip, don't get involved in stories
The truth is that things will never be all black or white
The truth is also that life won't always be rosy
It's the same kind of person you'll fall in love with, you know?
The kind of person who will make you unhappy

If he slaps you, you'll have to get out of there
If he touches you when you don't want to, don't find it normal
Love and violence don't go well together
Above all, don't let anything go, to avoid getting caught in the cycle
There are no exceptions, no excuses, it's all a lie
Once, twice, three times, don't wait for the one too many
Don't be afraid to talk about it, don't be afraid to say it
Trust me, it's by talking that we start to heal

And it's not just the actions that will cause damage
The words will be like bullets that will remain stuck in you
Let no one believe it's your fault, that you deserved the violence
Stop the influence, whatever it is, of toxic people who will evolve near you
You are too strong, too beautiful, too important
You are too strong, too beautiful, too important
So

Don't be ashamed anymore, you need to know enough
Of all the wounds we hide
And all the screams we keep inside
All the harm we do to ourselves out of love

Goodbye to the bad love, the bad love
Memory of the blows we take for caresses
Goodbye to the bad love, the bad love
It's a blind and deaf love that hurts
Goodbye to the bad love, the bad love
Memory of the blows we take for caresses
Goodbye to the bad love, the bad love
It's a blind and deaf love that hurts