| Je l’ai inventé tout entier
| I made it all up
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| Il a fini par exister
| He ended up existing
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| Je l’ai fabriqué comme j’ai pu
| I made it as I could
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| Ce père que je n’ai jamais eu
| This father that I never had
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| J’imagine ma main d’enfant
| I imagine my child's hand
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| A l’abri dans sa main de grand
| Safe in his great hand
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| Le seul homme en qui j’aurais cru
| The only man I would have believed in
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| Ce père que je n’ai jamais eu
| This father that I never had
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| On m’a donné, on m’a donné la vie
| I was given, I was given life
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| Tant pis si je ne sais pas qui
| Too bad if I don't know who
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| Je garderai la part du rêve
| I'll keep the part of the dream
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| J’en referai toute ma vie
| I will do this all my life
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| N’en parlez pas, n’y touchez pas
| Don't talk about it, don't touch it
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| Vous qui ne le connaissez pas
| You who don't know him
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| Il n’y a qu’en moi qu’il ait vécu
| Only in me did he live
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| Ce père que je n’ai jamais eu
| This father that I never had
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| Il est parti vers un horizon, vers l’oubli
| He went to a horizon, to oblivion
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| Il dort pour une longue nuit
| He sleeps for a long night
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| J’imaginerai tout le reste
| I'll imagine everything else
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| Oh! | Oh! |
| Et j’imaginerai sa vie
| And I'll imagine his life
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| Il était mon premier secret
| He was my first secret
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| Et je disais qu’il existait
| And I said there was
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| Et j’ai menti tant que j’ai pu
| And I lied as long as I could
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| Pour ce père que je n’ai pas eu
| For this father that I did not have
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| Oh! | Oh! |
| Pour ce père que je n’ai pas eu
| For this father that I did not have
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| Oh! | Oh! |
| Pour ce père que je n’ai pas eu | For this father that I did not have |