| Bah ouais c’est sûr c’est la merde, c’est pas trop ça qu'était prévu
| Well yeah that's for sure it's shit, it's not really what was planned
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| Nos ambitions sont en berne et notre avenir en garde à vue
| Our ambitions are at half mast and our future in custody
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| Et si c’est vrai que l’intelligence, c’est la capacité d’adaptation
| And if it's true that intelligence is adaptability
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| Il va falloir la jouer rusé face à certaines situations
| You'll have to play it tricky in some situations
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| Avec une enclume sur le dos, les pieds liés et le vent de face
| With an anvil on your back, feet bound and headwind
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| C’est déjà plus dur d’aimer la vie, de faire des sourires dans la glace
| It's already harder to love life, to smile in the mirror
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| On a perdu la 1ère manche mais le même joueur rejoue
| We lost the 1st round but the same player plays again
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| Le destin nous a giflés et on veut pas tendre l’autre joue
| Fate slapped us and we don't wanna turn the other cheek
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| Alors va falloir inventer, avec du courage plein les poches
| So will have to invent, with courage full pockets
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| Trouver autre chose à raconter pour pas louper un 2ème coche
| Find something else to tell so you don't miss a 2nd mark
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| Y’avait sûrement plusieurs options et finalement on a opté
| Surely there were several options and in the end we opted
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| Pour accepter cette position et trouver un espoir adapté
| To accept this position and find a suitable hope
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| Alors on va relever les yeux quand nos regrets prendront la fuite
| So we'll look up when our regrets run away
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| On se fixera des objectifs à mobilité réduite
| We will set goals with reduced mobility
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| Là-bas au bout des couloirs, y’aura de la lumière à capter
| There at the end of the corridors, there will be light to capture
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| On va tenter d’aller la voir avec un espoir adapté
| We'll try to go see her with a suitable hope
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| Can you hear me
| Can you hear me
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| I am awake
| I am awake
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| Can you see all the fights that I’ve been through
| Can you see all the fights that I've been through
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| My eyes don’t lie
| My eyes don't lie
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| I’ll reach the light
| I'll reach the light
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| And hope will guide me
| And hope will guide me
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| Un espoir adapté c’est l’envie d’croire qui résiste
| A suitable hope is the desire to believe that resists
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| Même en milieu hostile c’est la victoire qui existe
| Even in a hostile environment it is the victory that exists
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| C’est 5 potes un peu perdus que tentent de battre encore des ailes
| It's 5 somewhat lost friends who are still trying to flap their wings
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| C’est retrouver le goût de la sueur entre deux barres parallèles
| It's rediscovering the taste of sweat between two parallel bars
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| Un espoir adapté, c’est de l’espoir bousculé
| Adapted hope is disrupted hope
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| Parce qu’on est dos au mur, il y a plus de place pour reculer
| Because we're back to the wall, there's more room to back up
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| Comme un instinct de survie, on pense encore à avancer
| Like a survival instinct, we still think about moving forward
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| À la fin de quelque chose, y’a un bien un truc à commencer
| At the end of something, there's a good thing to start
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| Après avoir nagé au cœur des points d’interrogation
| After swimming in the heart of the question marks
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| On va sortir de la torpeur, certains diront reconversion
| We will come out of torpor, some will say reconversion
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| Là-bas au bout des couloirs, y’aura de la lumière à capter
| There at the end of the corridors, there will be light to capture
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| On va tenter d’aller la voir avec un espoir adapté
| We'll try to go see her with a suitable hope
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| I been trying to let it go
| I been trying to let it go
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| Been trying to free my soul
| Been trying to free my soul
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| But all the friends that I have lost
| But all the friends that I have lost
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| And all the scars that I have left
| And all the scars that I have left
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| My body embodies all my sorrows
| My body embodies all my spells
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| My bones mirror my own morals
| My bones mirror my own morals
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| Now I don’t need nothing more than to feel my heart pounding
| Now I don't need nothing more than to feel my heart pounding
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| I’ll hold on to this second chance I’ll breathe it
| I'll hold on to this second chance I'll breathe it
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| Retrouver un espoir sans oublier ceux qui saignent
| Finding hope without forgetting those who bleed
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| Car dans cette quête on est pas tous logés à la même enseigne
| Because in this quest we are not all in the same boat
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| Moi j’ai eu ma 2ème chance et même si j’peux la rendre belle
| I had my 2nd chance and even if I can make it beautiful
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| Je pense souvent à la tristesse du dernier sourire de Noël
| I often think of the sadness of the last Christmas smile
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| Un espoir adapté, c’est faire le deuil de tous les autres
| Appropriate hope is to mourn all others
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| Sourire encore ne serait-ce qu’en hommage à tous les nôtres
| Smile again if only in honor of all of us
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| Ceux qu'étaient là, qui m’ont porté au propre comme au figuré
| Those who were there, who carried me literally and figuratively
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| Ceux qu’ont adapté leur vie pour rendre la mienne moins compliquée
| Those who adapted their lives to make mine less complicated
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| Can you hear me
| Can you hear me
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| I am awake
| I am awake
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| Can you see all the fights that I’ve been through
| Can you see all the fights that I've been through
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| My eyes don’t lie
| My eyes don't lie
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| I’ll reach the light
| I'll reach the light
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| And hope will guide me | And hope will guide me |