All of these things
All of these things
As long as I can remember
Ever since my earliest childhood
I've been taught to love what appears as crystal clear
And to fear what seems dark, bleak and gloomy
I've never been taught to look beyond
Beyond all that seems reassuring
And beyond the fear that inspires things
As they appear
[Akhenaton]
Since kindergarten, we frequented the same school's benches
Inseparable, as young adults we were part of the same group
Same chicks, same screw ups, same gloves
One day the waking up is rough, we're not speaking the same language anymore
I've got enough of those "that's how life goes"
Too much respect for her so I'd rather hear those "that's how desire goes"
Money, like boiling,
Takes friendship's into its hand and launches it into water with its disillusions
[Shurik'n]
The eyes, the hair, the body, the height
He had everything she liked in a man
The style, car, clothes, watches
He had everything she wanted
Kind words, attention
He had everything she sought after
With him, she felt like a woman, she felt protected
Between restaurants, clubs and parties, living life in the fast lane
She didn't felt the links slowly chaining her
All these arsenic-flavored "I love you's", I shouldn't have tasted them
That's what she's telling herself in front of the mirror, taking her bruises and wounds in
[Akhenaton]
I was in tenth grade and she was my history teacher
I felt like she was always taking digs at me
Everytime, those little remarks made my blood boil
I resented her, in my hear, I wanted to unscrew her head off
The one I thought of as my ennemy was the only one to defend me
She wrote "I believe in you way more than yourself"
Here are your dreams, keep them and don't let anyone take them away from you
[Shurik'n]
He doesn't give a shit about me, he's always away on the other side of the world
Never here, always at work when mine is crumbling
I rarely hear his voice reasoning in soccer fields
And it's always mom showing up when I scrap my knees
It's crazy how much bullshit you can think of when you're a kid
All the pain we feel at every departure, like a hammer blow
That's what I read in my folk's eyes at every goodbye
And I tell myself that they'll do just like me and understand later
[Akhenaton]
At 17, I thought I got everything figured out
And yet my mom told me
At the wrong place, at the wrong time
That's when you stand too close to troubles and conflicts
Too disrespectful, peace and serenity fled me
Someone you love think of your happiness before his
Doesn't know that when looting, everything can go wrong in an instant and over nothing
Normal people who, for a moment, go crazy
Attract loyalty in the middle of endless wars
[Shurik'n]
We saw each other often, we worked together
We played soccer every week end and had a big cookout on Sundays
Aside from a little teasing, nothing appeared to me as strange
Up until that sentence, launched into the air but of heavy consequences
And then my expression changed, slowly I distanced myself
Disappointed, upset, surprised by such bigotry
And the link disintegrated little by little
I saw him as my friend yet I was but a token
[Ayelya Douniama]
Behind what we see, behind what we live
Even beyond the appearances and behind the unsaid
Despite the obviousness, despite the smiles
Is a rose really a rose, as if I can smell it
Behind what we see, behind what we live
Even beyond the appearances and behind the unsaid
Despite the obviousness, despite the fake smiles
Is a rose really a rose, as if I can smell it
That's the difference between being and seeming