J'M'Attendais Pas À Toi

I was talking about love
Like we talk about the weather
Without seeing it in the day
Without really knowing it

I thought about it like one dreams
I dreamt about it without believing
Between these hearts on strike
And these stories just 'to see'

I didn't expect you
I didn't expect this
I didn't expect myself
In this role

I didn't expect to read
Something other than my book
I didn't expect to live
Above my lines

In this crowd of lonely people
All these lives brushing against each other
All these bodies taking flight
These sorrows without shoulders

We breathe the sea air
The air of the times, the air of nothing
We all want to set sail
No one knows the way

I didn't expect you
I didn't expect this
I didn't expect myself
In this role

I didn't expect to read
Something other than my book
I didn't expect to live
Above my lines

And then I saw your face
A clown with shining eyes
Your sorrows at parties
And your laughter blushing

So strong to be fragile
Your fears after the night
The princesses I read about
Were less whimsical

I didn't expect you
I didn't expect this
I didn't expect myself
In this role

I ran without a lantern
Towards a dawn that flees
In the places where we love each other
It never gets dark

I didn't expect you
I didn't expect myself
In this role

And the road was beautiful
From my dreams to my life
Crispy with lace
New curtains, new bed

I asked 1000 questions
To my heart, to my head
I planted the old bachelor
In the middle of his maybes

All these days less alike
All these perfect mornings
Where your eyes wake me up
In a laughter, a secret

I didn't expect this