The lost glory of the boxer knocked down
The absence that’s too present, not so far from oblivion
At that moment, I think of you
The magnificent defeated kneeling man who bleeds
The hiding cynic who adds to his sentence 1
At that moment I think of you
The sad beauty who passed by unseen
The pure heart torn to shreds and prostituting itself
At that moment I think of you
The desperate man shot down by love
The lost, the loser, I always thinks of you
At that moment I think of you
The children running on the beach
Their bare feet, the rising wind
The sea on the horizon, I think of you
The handcuffed lovers who no longer fuck
The FEMEN aiming the points of their bare breasts 2
At that moment I think of you
The Goodyear strangled and thrown in prison 3
Because he put the wind up one or two bosses
At that moment I think of you
You who offered me your joy and your Ricard 4
In this little café hanging to hope on 10th May 5
At that moment I think of you
You who didn’t see the wall coming down
And then just behind all your broken toys
At that moment I think of you
You who tasted my mouth with your mouth
And who guided my hands, my tongue and my fingers
At that moment I think of you
The bird waiting with its wings at its feet
For the damaged boat to run aground on the the rocks
At that moment I think of you
You who offered me escape at sixteen
My god for that kiss I’d be sixteen again
At that moment I think of you
The light is going to go out on Georgia 6
You're going to die at last, they’ve promised you
At that moment I think of you
I want red bouquets and to run though the wheat
I want to be your man, your man until I croak
At that moment I think of you
At that moment I think of you
1. 'Planqué' could also mean 'draft dodger' 2. Feminist activist group known for topless protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femen 3. Most probably a reference to the 8 Goodyear employees jailed for protesting over working conditions http://www.leftvoice.org/International-Solidarity-Campaign-for-Goodyear-... 4. The classic French aperitif 5. The election of Mitterrand in 1981 6. Reference to ‘The night the lights went out in Georgia’ A song about a falsely accused and executed man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_the_Lights_Went_Out_in_Georgia