Mauvais Rêve

My name is Mathilde and today, it's my birthday
I'm premature, it'll be my only time being early
Don't know what to expect, will my life be sweet?
Come on, I fall asleep for my first dream

Life seems easy, I just turned four
I got in the wrong line, wanted to be with the big kids
Hiding under the table, my backpack got stolen
Oh, no, I must've had a bad dream

Changed my style, just turned seven
Am I a boy, or a girl, why doesn't anyone understand me?
And as soon as recess rings, I get insulted
Oh, no, I must've had a bad dream

Keep growing up, today I'm nine
What will I get, how many people will be there?
But on my birthday night, there was no party
Oh, no, I must've had a bad dream

Here I am, in sixth grade, finally eleven
Don't fit into their system, learn too easily
Bored in all classes, my path is already set
Oh, no, I must've had a bad dream

Checking out the girls a bit, now fourteen
Eyes sparkling, should I tell my parents?
Got my head slammed into the snow in front of everyone
Oh, no, I must've had a bad dream

High school at last, almost sixteen
Enjoy kissing, don't care about people's looks
Why did she leave me when I loved her so much
Oh, no, I must've had a bad dream

Scared to go home, yet I'm eighteen
Just failed my exams, how to tell mom?
Won't go to college and my resume will be blank
Oh, no, I must've had a bad dream

Singing in the street, celebrating my nineteenth
I'm evolving, why do they put me down all the time?
For everyone, I'm screwed, starting to wonder if I'm lying to myself
Oh, no, I just wanted to live my dream

Partying at a techno club, it's good, I'm twenty
Doing too many drugs, enjoying the moment
Damn, everything overwhelms me, anxiety attacks start
Oh, no, I must've had a bad dream

Singing: Your Striped Shirt, feeling better, twenty-one
After concerts, the audience waits for me
But when I get in a taxi, where did my old friends go?
Must've had a bad dream

Embracing who I am, just turned twenty-three
Want love in my country, want to be truly seen
Kissing a woman at the Victoires, then it's a nightmare
Oh, no, I must've had a bad dream

Attacked for my looks, barely twenty-four
Making music, nothing to fear
Meanness is free but efforts will pay off
Must've had a bad dream

Life tackles me at twenty-five
My illness wears a cape and eats away at my ears
Won't be Hoshi forever, have to live without your cheers
Oh, no, must've had a bad dream

And it goes on, still twenty-five
My grandpa leaves one night, leaves a big void
Didn't understand life, now have to understand death
Must've had a bad dream

My name is Mathilde and today, I'm twenty-six
Heart like an umbrella, body filled with emotions
Releasing a new album, will it touch people?
I hope so, I just want to live my dream

Must've had a bad dream, must've had a bad dream
Must've had a bad dream, must've had a bad dream
Must've had a bad dream, must've had a bad dream
Must've had a bad dream, must've had a bad dream

Must've had a bad dream, must've had a bad dream
Must've had a bad dream, must've had a bad dream
Must've had a bad dream, must've had a bad dream
Must've had a bad dream, must've had a bad dream