| Bigflo et Oli | Bigflo and Oli, |
| Tu connais non? | You know them, don’t you? |
| Quand j'étais petit je pensais qu’en louchant trop je pouvais me bloquer les | When I was young, I believed if I crossed my gaze too long, I’d petrify—the |
| yeux | eyes— |
| Que les cils sur mes joues avaient le pouvoir d’exaucer les vœux | That the lashes fallen on my cheekbones wielded wishes, like flickers on deep water, |
| Quand j'étais petit je pensais que les adultes disaient toujours vrai | When I was young, I trusted grown men’s words held the weight of iron, |
| Et la nuit dans la voiture j’pensais que la lune me suivait | And by night in the car, I fancied the moon drifted in our wake, a lantern trailing the lost, |
| Mais depuis qu’est-ce qui a changé? Pas grand chose | But what, since then, has altered its shape? A trifle, nothing more— |
| Je n’ai pas rangé les questions que je me pose | I have not stilled the swarm of riddles that flutter in my mind, |
| Qu’est-ce qui a changé? Pas grand chose | What, truly, has changed? A trifle, nothing more— |
| Je n’ai pas rangé les questions que je me pose | I have not stilled the swarm of riddles that flutter in my mind, |
| On m’disait tu comprendras plus tard | They would say: you shall fathom all in time, |
| Tu comprendras plus tard | You shall fathom all in time, |
| Tu comprendras plus tard | You shall fathom all in time, |
| Mais on est plus tard et je comprends pas | But time has come and I remain unknowing, |
| Tu comprendras plus tard | You shall fathom all in time, |
| Tu comprendras plus tard | You shall fathom all in time, |
| Tu comprendras plus tard | You shall fathom all in time, |
| Mais on est plus tard et je comprends pas | But time has come and I remain unknowing, |
| Quand j'étais petit, j’entendais un monstre qui vivait sous ma maison | When I was young, I caught the whispers of a monster beneath my house, |
| Je pensais mourir dans la lave si je marchais pas sur le passage piéton | I fancied molten earth would swallow me whole if I strayed from zebra stripes, |
| Qu'à l'époque des photos en noir et blanc les gens vivaient sans couleur | That in the days of monochrome, people walked a world drained of hue, |
| J'étais sûr qu’un bisou de ma mère pouvait soigner la douleur | I was certain my mother’s kiss could unbind any pain, like dew on scorched skin, |
| Mais depuis qu’est-ce qui a changé? Pas grand chose | But since then, what has truly shifted? Little, barely a sigh— |
| Je n’ai pas rangé les questions que je me pose | I have not cleared away the queries that crowd my sleep, |
| Qu’est-ce qui a changé? Pas grand chose | What has truly shifted? Little, barely a sigh— |
| Je n’ai pas rangé les questions que je me pose | I have not cleared away the queries that crowd my sleep, |
| On m’disait tu comprendras plus tard | They would say: you shall fathom all in time, |
| Tu comprendras plus tard | You shall fathom all in time, |
| Tu comprendras plus tard | You shall fathom all in time, |
| Mais on est plus tard et je comprends pas | But time has come and I remain unknowing, |
| Tu comprendras plus tard | You shall fathom all in time, |
| Tu comprendras plus tard | You shall fathom all in time, |
| Tu comprendras plus tard | You shall fathom all in time, |
| Mais on est plus tard et je comprends pas | But time has come and I remain unknowing, |
| Aujourd’hui en grattant un ticket je me vois millionnaire | Today, as I scrape a lottery card, I glimpse my silhouette among the gilded, |
| Je me dis tout ira mieux si je souris à la banquière | I whisper that fortune will thaw if I cast a smile toward the banker’s mask, |
| Aujourd’hui je me dis que si j’attends quelqu’un fera ma vaisselle | Today, I muse that, should I wait, salvation will arrive to wash my cups, |
| Et que même si je vieillis mes parents sont immortels | And even if the years weigh on me, my parents abide unmarked by time, |
| Qu’est-ce qui a changé? Pas grand chose | What has altered? Not much, |
| Je n’ai pas rangé les questions que je me pose | I have not scattered the questions I have gathered— |
| Qu’est-ce qui a changé? Pas grand chose | What has altered? Not much, |
| Je n’ai pas rangé les questions que je me pose | I have not scattered the questions I have gathered— |
| On m’disait tu comprendras plus tard | They would say: you shall fathom all in time, |
| Tu comprendras plus tard | You shall fathom all in time, |
| Tu comprendras plus tard | You shall fathom all in time, |
| Mais on est plus tard et je comprends pas | But time has come and I remain unknowing, |
| Tu comprendras plus tard | You shall fathom all in time, |
| Tu comprendras plus tard | You shall fathom all in time, |
| Tu comprendras plus tard | You shall fathom all in time, |
| Mais on est plus tard et je comprends pas | But time has come and I remain unknowing, |
| Plus tard, plus tard, plus tard, plus tard, plus tard, plus tard | In time, in time, in time, the endless corridor of in time— |
| Plus tard, plus tard, plus tard, plus tard, plus tard, plus tard | In time, in time, in time, the endless corridor of in time— |
| Plus tard, plus tard, plus tard, plus tard | In time, in time, in time, in time |