Vivant

I'm writing to you from my room
Since the month of September
Since things have changed

I'm writing with trembling hands
It's easier to forbid myself from mentioning it

I think of you a thousand times a year
I'm not trying to do otherwise
Even if they tell me to let
Time do its thing
To keep you alive
I will tell you the fiery epic
Of your team from yesterday

I won't compensate for your absence
It's all the good I wish for myself
To recall your elegance
To do everything to make it last
I won't compensate for your absence
It's all the good I wish for myself
To remind people of your elegance
To do everything to keep it alive
Alive

I'm writing to you from my lair
Since the month of November
Since the cold arrived

After denial comes anger
As I'm not very angry
I tell myself I haven't progressed much

But we grow up, that's normal
Every time I realize I can't
Call you for these achievements
I tell myself that death leads to regret
But then I realize

I won't compensate for your absence
It's all the good I wish for myself
To recall your elegance
To do everything to make it last
I won't compensate for your absence
It's all the good I wish for myself
To remind people of your elegance
To do everything to keep it alive alive
Alive

I'm writing to you from the 23rd floor
I talk to you like one talks to a mirage
And I remember
When I told you to die peacefully
That I would be strong, that I'm sad
But you gave me the tools

Your answers, my creed
Are engraved on my abs
That's not how we turn the page
Your advice tattooed
Scarred with salt
In each of my turns
Your face will be there

I won't compensate for your absence
It's all the good I wish for myself
To recall your elegance
To do everything to make it last
I won't compensate for your absence
It's all the good I wish for myself
To remind people of your elegance
To do everything to keep it alive
Alive alive alive
Alive alive alive
Alive alive alive
Alive alive alive

To do everything to make it last