La vie devant toi [English translation]

You’re just 20 years old

And life is ahead of you

But, it’s just that life

Is always ahead

But, there’s no one here

To stop the pain

To turn off your alarm clock

Which buzzes, and buzzes, and buzzes…

No matter what, don’t make mistakes

About the future or about the metro

No matter what, don’t fall to sleep

And miss the boat

That goes off with or without you

Towards nowhere in specific

That the wind brings back

To the point where you began

You’re all alone in the crowd

Stumbling on the ground

Marching on the waves

Drowning in the desert

Following every mirage

Capturing every face

Searching the coasts

In the middle of the ocean

If you think you’re drunk

You can always lie

You’re just 20 years old

The world to discover

When you’re full of love

It fills your future

Especially when you thought

About going to the movies

Once again you find yourself holding tightly onto

The emptiness between your arms

And then there are those

Who turn off the light

Who die when they don’t have to

Foolishly

Who get themselves messed up

Believing that the world is horrible

And who leave you their hearts

Like graveyards

And then there is everyone else

Who wants to live

Without ever getting dirty

Without risking death

Who makes laws

In order to never suffer

To drive me crazy

To make madness illegal

If you want my youth

You can always run

You’re just 20 years old

And time is before you

You have a thousand nights

In the back of your memory

People pretend to think

That it’s the first time

While

They have been everywhere

For money, for love

For alcohol, for glory

Because we’re always thirsty

Because we don’t know how to sip

You cling at a thread

You’re scared of falling

You’re all alone in the night

In which you cry or pray

And all that you have left

In this world without

Anger and attrition

War and censure

Everything that you can’t get rid of

Everything that you can’t take for yourself

It’s everything that you can’t see

Everything that isn’t for sale

If you leave, I’ll stay

You can always run away

If you think you’re drunk

You can always lie

If you want my youth

You can always run