(First verse)
What are you so sure about, life, death, your dilemmas?
Breath, the spirit of man, his relationship with himself?
The forces that keep him going, the forces that excite him,
His connection with animals, plants, nature,
His place on the earth, his troubles in making it there,
His insatiable desires,
This never-ending search for happiness,
This need to wander,
When the heart of the matter remains puzzling,
What are you so sure about, limits and restrictions?
Straightened out, all square, all arranged in a way,
In the rythme of vacations, sales, and liquidations,
Could an active life lead only to stagnation in the end?
I'm asking us, I still have so many questions!
No sir! Questions shouldn't be met with objection,
Who has the courage to abandon his safe plans?
And to search behind his own facades?
Tell me who?
(Refrain)
But where are you going with your presumption?
Even the universe expands, each day see what God does!
The sun doesn't shine in one direction
and doesn't rise when you think it does,
What are you so sure about, my friend?
What are you so sure about, my friend?
(Second verse)
What are you so sure about?
Can you distinguish between absence and the unknown?
Dreams and reality if you shut out your senses?
Do you grasp the difference between waiting and patience?
Between timidness and lack of luck?
Can you see past appearances,
Tread the path between malaise and default?
Listen to intuition until you can feel it in advance,
Not make yours a truth that doesn't make sense at all?
What are you so sure about? What are you so afraid of?
Do you know how to protect yourself from external forces?
Faced with dogmas and soured passions,
Even when faced with the majority, stay true to what you hold in your heart.
Can you form your own opinions without being trapped by them, and all the while listening to others?
See what unites us rather than what divides us
When we ask ourselves which is more human,
animals or men.
(Refrain)
But where are you going with your presumption?
Even the universe expands, each day see what God does!
The sun doesn't shine in one direction
and doesn't rise when you think it does,
What are you so sure about, my friend?
What are you so sure about, my friend?
(Third verse)
What are you so sure about?
What do you identify with?
Can't you see there are just as many paths as people?
All rays lead to the sun, to compare them would be too foolish
Light is one and indivisible,
Why is talking of unity so hard?
Who benefits from everyone being divided for fifteen or ten years?
Politics that are more and more insipid,
Violent, and without boundaries, often based on media,
Where's liberty when we have such minimal choice?
We're there! To debate between plague or cholera!
Well aware that both perform intolerable manipulations,
It's not from the garlands, but from the fruit that we recognize the tree!
Are you so sure that you'll sacrifice your body and soul?
Do you know restraint even when your heart begins to weep?
Do you know the difference between the great and lowly?
After the tornado, the city is gone, but the blade of grass remains!
(Refrain)
But where are you going with your presumption?
Even the universe expands, each day see what God does!
The sun doesn't shine in one direction
and doesn't rise when you think it does,
What are you so sure about, my friend?
What are you so sure about, my friend?