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I wouldn't know where to begin
Forgotten tears during the commercial break
The past seemed so alive
A troubled mind at a troubled time
One night, an endless night
Dressed for excess, I was, dressed for excess
Visions blurred on purpose? Well, I suppose sir...
Or was I exploring unmapped portions of my brain
Your guess is as good as mine
A respectful nod to all you lugubrious souls
We want to smoke, we want to drift
Just looking back, just looking back
We want to smoke, we want to drift
Just looking back, just looking back
Our pale adolescent love, our pale adolescent life.
This utter amateurism and a reckless night.
So you wanna get dirty, lick the shit from the streets and stay in it.
Sway to this drink that just might wipe me away
Outside my window, the world might revolve but when the heart has sunk...
My angel ways turn into wicked ways.
I had to let go, I had to explode.
We want to smoke, we want to drift
Just looking back, just looking back
We want to sleep, we want to sneak out
Just looking back, just looking back
Our pale adolescent love, our pale adolescent life.
Je n'ai fait que fuir ou bien...
Je me maintiens dans ma douce dérive.
Loin de mes frères et soeurs, plombés,
dans leurs carcans, plombés,
des oripeaux de bêtise, plombés,
cramés dans leurs boîtes, plombés.
Ils s'engouffrent dans l'évidence, plombés.
Servir ou se faire servir.
Et l'autre qui veut te taire, toujours.
Pauvres carcasses, élèver pour becqueter.
L'horreur ! mon poussin, l'horreur !
Je me casse.
J'veux de cette vie, qui est partout, qui est nulle part.
La vie. Le garçon rêvé et ses chansons pour hommes médiocres. La vie.
Je finis au Zorba et j'attends sagement Anna, Julien et Nathan.
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