L'escalier

Just before closing the door
I wondered what I was forgetting
I touched all my pockets
To understand what was missing
It wasn't my guitar
Nor any medication
To relieve some pain
Or to pass the time
And all along the staircase
That I slowly descended
Because without reason I would have gone up
Because without reason I was going forward
I was all upside down
Because what was missing
Was inside
I felt as lonely as a river
Abandoned by children
And time took its time
Took mine on its way
Without stopping, without forgetting me
Without forgetting to tire me out
Not long ago I was small
Now I'm young but rather tall
Old enough to see that we age
Even in love, even in spring
So here I am describing myself
In a strange position
With puffy eyes and a belly
Beer won't be the solution
I would rather have this song
Since it's about my life
End one evening in my house
To a beautiful accordion tune

And children are not really really
mean
They can do wrong or hurt from time to
time
They can spit, they can lie, they can steal
Basically, they can do everything they're taught

But a nice ending to this song
Requires me to say what I would have said
If I hadn't changed my mind
About the reason for my troubles
Well yes, I was going to save myself
Tell you how to be independent
From the feelings of those we love
To save the world and its problems

That you especially shouldn't cry
That in the other song I was wrong
As if love could prevent me
From giving my time to the poor
But heroes don't come for free
They never make mistakes, they're independent
Glory pays for sacrifices
Power relieves their torments
Well yes, it's you who would have cried
With what I would have composed
It's a way to be loved
When those we love don't want to walk
I sulked at them, they didn't bite
I left them, they didn't move
I scared myself, I twisted myself
When I realized I came back
I sulked at them, they didn't bite
I left them, they didn't move
I scared myself, I twisted myself
When I realized well I came back

When I realized that I was taking
A very very long detour
To end up alone in a staircase
I'm not telling you anything new when I say
We are nothing without love
To help the world, you must know how to be loved.