J'ai Oublié [English translation]

I forgot to start this text with a nice introduction

I forgot to prepare you before going into action

I forgot to warn you that I realize that in my life

I forgot a lot of things if you want my opinion

I forgot to be wise, I forgot to be careful

I forgot to spare myself and I broke my teeth1

I was told that we could not be and have been

I forgot to be careful with myself on a summer night

I forgot what it is to run after a ball

I forgot to be strong like Achilles and his heel

I forgot to thank my parents for all they did

But I'm not good at this kind of stuff, it's not me the perfect son

I forgot to take risks throughout my life path

And when I look behind me, sometimes I'm short of breath

I went through the years faster than going through a toll

I forgot to take the time to see the clouds pass

I forgot to write a text about the strength of friendship

That makes love look stupid, whose weakness makes me pity

There are not many girls who really made me turn around

I forgot to fall in love for a few years

I forgot to imagine what will the next years will be about

And when I'm told about the future, I tend to change channels

I forgot to pay my fine for parking in front of the station

Too bad for me, now I have 30% markup

I forgot to make sure that this text is structured

It goes in all directions while my sheet is not saturated

I forgot to put baggys and peach skin onesies

I forgot to have style and it's like that since the nursery

I forgot to cry since a hell of a time

A kind of ophthalmic dryness, is almost worrying

I do not know if it's normal but it's true that to be honest

The last time I shed a tear, we bought the bread with francs2

In these verses, I forgot to stop talking about myself

I forgot to forget myself as a first Saturday of the month3

I have the impression of getting naked for almost fifteen minutes

On this one I forgot to keep a lot of modesty

I forgot to believe in the existence of a superior being

I do not like gambling I have always been bad bettor

By the way, so much the better, because I could not help myself

To hurry to leave so as not to confess my sins

I'm energetic and this facade, do not necessarily trust

I have not forgotten to be a proud ass who can't confide

I forgot to complain when it was worth it

I forgot to open the valves when the cup was full

At this fucking text, I forgot to find a fall

Like a stuntman jumping from a plane without a parachute

Quiet! I must be silent, because now it's the end

Actually not quite because for now I'm still hungry

I forgot to write what I believe and what I really think

I forgot to believe what I write mechanically

But maybe it's better because reminiscing is suffering

I forgot to think that it was better to remember

I forgot my flow, I forgot my pen

I forgot my microphone and I forgot all the words

I forgot a lot of topics, you understood the concept

So not to be too annoying I'm gonna stop abruptly

1. Figuratively, it means I ran into issues 2. Before 2001 in France 3. Before the age of the internet, Canal +, a french TV channel used to broadcast a Porn movie on the First saturday of each month