My love, I have to run
But I don't know whom or what I'm running after1
Odessa, odyssey2
I know there are things one should escape from
There are a hundred thousand looks to shun
Odessa, odyssey
I will come back as a conqueror
When everything here will be straight and upright
Odessa, odyssey
I'm leaving with half a smile3
But believe me I really don't do it on purpose
Odessa, odyssey
Odessa, odyssey
Odessa, odyssey
My love, I have read your letter
But I can't stir the past
Odessa, odyssey
You don't want to have nor to be
You really want to break everything around
Odessa, odyssey
I would like so much to reappear
But I'm afraid that of me, you've had enough4
Odessa, odyssey
Even if everything has to disappear
Promise me not to erase anything
Odessa, odyssey
Odessa, odyssey
Odessa, odyssey
My love I want to believe in it
But when I look among the ghosts
Odessa, odyssey
I always seem to see
The same people inside different bodies
Odessa, odyssey
Even in the evening light
I never can find the life before
Odessa, odyssey
Try to understand , try to know
If I still breathe and if I'm still alive
Odessa, odyssey
Odessa, odyssey
Odessa, odyssey (ter)
1. The text is incorrect in French2. This leitmotiv actually seems to have nothing to do with the rest of the text.3. Incorrect French.4. Clumsy French text.