Parce Qu'on Vient De Loin

We are our own fathers
So young and yet so old, it makes me think, you know
We are our own mothers
So young and so serious, but it's going to change
We spend the time making plans for the next day
While the good weather passes and leaves us empty and uncertain
We waste too much time sweating and scratching our hands
What's the point if we're not sure we'll see tomorrow?
To nothing

So we live each day like the last
And you would do the same if you only knew
How many times the end of the world has come close to us
So we live each day like the last
Because we come from far away

When times are hard
We say to ourselves: “Worse than our story does not exist”
And when winter lasts
We simply tell ourselves that the heat will return to us
And it's easy like that
Day after day
We see how everything is ephemeral
So even in love
I will love every queen
As if it were the last
The air is too heavy
When we only live by prayers
I savor every moment
Long before the light goes out

Day after day
We see how everything is ephemeral
So let's live while we still can
My dears