C'est normal

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It's normal

Areski (la la la la la la la la)
What's up?
Did you hear something strange?
Yes
What is it?
It's the gas, it's the gas in the apartment below
Sometimes there are leaks, so it accumulates
Then if there's a spark, it explodes, it's normal
And explosion means detonation
Hence the noise you heard earlier, there you go
Oh, okay, okay (la la la la)

Hey (what?)
Don't you smell something burning?
Well yeah, it's normal, I explained to you, there was an explosion
Yes
And the molecular agitation caused by this explosion
Th-the what?
The molecular agitation
Oh yeah
Causes a sufficient thermal elevation (yeah)
To ignite the surrounding materials
Yeah, yeah
That's what we call combustion
It's normal
Aah (do you understand?)
Yeah, yeah (la la la la la la)

But then, but (la la la la, la la la la)
What did you want? La la la la la la
Well, I wanted to know
The whole building is burning, right?
But yes, listen, the materials used in the construction
Of this building are very fragile
You understand? (yes)
It's normal because anyway
There are only working-class families and foreigners, and a few unproductive ones
Yeah
So the fire easily takes hold of the materials (yeah)
It spreads, so we are facing a fire
Aah, a fire (it's normal)
Yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah?)
Okay (la la la la la la la la)

Areski (what's up again?)
Don't you feel (yeah?)
Like we're starting to fall a bit
Listen, listen (yes)
Try to understand, it's very simple (yes)
Do you remember the combustion? (Yeah)
The destruction of the building by the flames? (yes)
Well, that means that below, the walls and floors have disappeared
And we are no longer supported by anything (yeah)
Now, something that is no longer supported by anything, falls
That's what we call gravity
It's normal (aah, yeah) la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la

But then, are we going to fall (la la la la)
(Yes) from the fourth floor?
It's completely normal, it's the Earth's gravity
There (okay)
Ares, excuse me (la la la la la la la)
What, what?
(What's) sorry, I'm thinking of something (yeah?)
Are we going to die in a minute?
Brigitte, you're tiring
Sorry
So we're falling (yes)
Now, every body falls at a defined speed (yes)
And upon reaching the ground
It undergoes a violent deceleration
Which leads to the rupture of its different components
For example, the limbs separate from the trunk (yeah)
The brain bursts out of the skull, etc (yeah)
In these conditions of disconnection
It's obvious that the phenomenon of life
Cannot be sustained, it's normal, do you understand? (yeah)

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