Lyrics Achilles Come Down - Gang of Youths

Achilles Come Down

Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?
You’re scaring us and all of us, some of us love you
Achilles, it’s not much but there’s proof
You crazy-assed cosmonaut
remember your virtue
Redemption lies plainly in truth
Just humour us, Achilles, Achilles, come down
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?
Je vois que beaucoup de gens meurent, parce qu’ils estiment que la vie ne vaut
pas la peine d'être vécue.
J’en vois d’autres, qui se font paradoxalement tués
pour des idées, pour des illusions, qui leurs donnent une raison de vivre (ce,
qu’on appelle une raison de vivre est en même temps une excellente raison de
mourir)
Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, come down
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?
The self is not so weightless, nor whole and unbroken
Remember the pact of our youth
Where you go, I’m going, so jump and I’m jumping
Since there is no me without you
Soldier on, Achilles, Achilles, come down
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?
Loathe the way they light candles in Rome
But love the sweet air of the votives
Hurt and grieve but don’t suffer alone
Engage with the pain as a motive