Pressée de vivre [English translation]

I opened my book

And the pages turned so quickly

The words marched

It's my future

And from the first lines

Curious to know the rest

I skipped so many chapters

In a hurry to live

All my school exercise books

Much too heavy for my wing

I prefer the lightness of music notes

In a hurry to see that that which hides itself

Behind the pages of time

In a hurry to live out that which waits for me

(chorus)

My life is a book

That is written every day

Too fast to see the rest

It's for that that I run

In a hurry to see, to do

To get a move on without getting lost

So I hurry

Before my quill dries up

My life is written at top speed

Ink runs in my veins

A thank you to my family

I worked for hours

I defended your values

Look today

I feel capable of restarting

For the best and for the worst

You who never thought to toughen me up

Now every day

I am pressed to see what waits for me...

(chorus)

Never slowly

Step by step and certainly

Me, I advance with caution

Higher, higher...

Always straight ahead

Without being carried by the wind

And faster from now on

Higher !

(chorus)