L'Acrobata

There's a silent sea up here and no safety net
But the drum beats louder in the blue and I'll jump
They hold their breath for me but I'll amaze them
In the circle that I'll create in the void
The houses, the people, the distant streets down there
The mistakes of men don't matter here anymore
The threshold of evil within us I'll overcome
And I'll reach you in the audience

Love that I have to invent
Like poets and birds here on earth I have no balance
But my heart pushes me to take risks
And on this wire attached to the moon I'll live every night
Dying in front of your eyes and your bosom I'll free myself
In the flight that I know

I caress your grain and then up into the vastness
Any promise will be truer from here
For long seconds until I forget
That a man can't stay up here

Love that I have to invent
Like children and acrobats on the ground I have no sense
But my heart pushes me to take risks
And on this trapeze that passes every night and never returns
And how tender to grab your hands, take you into the blue
And never come down

Forgive me for this lie bigger than us
But how I wish
To take you up there
Never come down, never come down