Plus à gagner qu'à perdre [English translation]

Hey, we're coming to finish what we started

To make up on the pillow

If for several seconds I could love the world like you loved me

I would come out of there with a halo

A slave for always and for you

The things we own always end up owning us

We have more to gain than to lose

By lighting

Both ends of our candle

We could fail

Breathe in, breathe out, breathe

We have more to gain than to lose

At the bottom of the barrel

Hey, we found ourselves parachuted

In the streets here and in mid-air

The canopy entangled, heart pocketed as a lone ally1

Since then, the love potion has gone bad

And the tears trickled out of the barrel

I left my dignity taped up in the bar yesterday

We have more to gain than to lose

By lighting

Both ends of our candle

We could fail

Breathe in, breathe out, breathe

We have more to gain than to lose

At the bottom of the barrel

We have more to gain than to lose

By lighting

Both ends of our candle

We could fail

Breathe in, breathe out, breathe

We have more to gain than to lose

At the bottom of the barrel

We have more to gain than to lose

At the bottom of the barrel

1. I really wasn't sure what "le coeur en poche" was supposed to mean here. If anyone has suggestions, please let me know.