It's one of those day, landmarked by a cross
Made by a black permanent marker.
That kind of day we'll tell about
In forty years, to our granddaughter.
Religions put aside,
Only humans following each others in line
Defending their liberties
I'm French before jewish.
It has never been so crazy
To see an entire nation standing.
It has never been so long,
Between République et Nation1
It's one of those days that'll be written
On history textbooks.
Silence stronger than shouts,
Fear stifled by hope.
Residents opening their windows
Like one opens its Advent calendar.
Something's being born :
There will be a "before" and an "after"
Like a one-way street,
Between République et Nation
Like a boulevard becoming car-free
Between République et Nation
When one wants to kill a newspaper,
(And) dies at the printer's,
Even fate lectures him
For us to smile during mourning.2
Make humour, not war
Hands are clapping in unisson.
I hear barriers shattering
It's the most beautiful song.
It will always be a shame,
One Marseillaise during one hommage.
We'll always be a little moronic
Between République et Nation
Everyone isn't Charlie Hebdo,
Too many prophets, fathers, saints ;
But today Charlie is proud
With its pencil
Raised to skies.
The subscribers, the unfaithfuls,
The warriors of conflation,
French before muslim.
It will be historic :
We even applauded cops3
And I shed a tear
Between République et Nation
Between République et Nation
Between République et Nation
1. "République" & "Nation" are two stations of the parisian metro2. The terrorists had found shelter at a printer's, and were killed there, pretty ironic when you know they wanted to kill... journalists and artists.3. Which is not really a french passion, for the record