| Son regard était vide
| His gaze was blank
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| Démarqué par les cernes
| Marked by dark circles
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| Il faisait rire les gens
| He made people laugh
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| Mais ne riait jamais
| But never laughed
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| J’ai vù des femmes se tordre
| I've seen women writhing
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| Juste pour lui plaire
| just to please him
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| Mais on disait de lui qu’il était solitaire
| But they said he was lonely
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| Même en étant entouré
| Even when surrounded
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| Il avait l’air seul
| He looked alone
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| Il parlait pas de lui
| He wasn't talking about himself
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| Mais avait de bons conseils
| But had good advice
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| Quand on le croisait
| When we passed him
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| Il avait les rayures
| He had the stripes
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| Et on disait de lui qu’il était solitaire
| And they said he was lonely
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| Solitaire
| Lonely
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| Solitaire
| Lonely
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| Et quand on lui demandait
| And when asked
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| Il disait je vais bien
| He said I'm fine
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| Je vais bien, je vais bien
| I'm fine, I'm fine
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| Quand les gens le jugeaient
| When people judged him
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| Il disait c’est rien
| He said it's nothing
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| C’est rien, c’est rien
| It's nothing, it's nothing
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| Et quand on lui demandait
| And when asked
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| Il disait je vais bien
| He said I'm fine
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| Je vais bien, je vais bien
| I'm fine, I'm fine
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| As-tu été heureux?
| Have you been happy?
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| Il disait c’est loin
| He said it's far
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| C’est loin, c’est loin
| It's far, it's far
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| Il devenait timide face au regard des gens
| He was getting shy in front of people
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| Il avait l’air aigri
| He looked sour
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| À la fois attachant
| Both endearing
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| On le trouvait discret
| He was found discreet
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| On le trouvait distant
| He was found distant
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| Mais on sentait un vide
| But we felt an emptiness
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| Quand il était absent
| when he was away
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| Tout façon il finit seul
| Either way he ends up alone
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| C’est ce qu’il disait souvent
| That's what he often said
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| Il se méfiait de tout
| He distrusted everything
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| Mais quitte à faire semblant
| But even if it means pretending
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| J’ai vu des femmes courir
| I saw women running
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| Pour avoir de son temps
| To have his time
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| Les promesses qu’on lui faisait
| The promises made to him
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| Pour lui c'était que du vent
| For him it was just wind
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| Et quand on lui demandait
| And when asked
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| Il disait je vais bien
| He said I'm fine
|
| Je vais bien, je vais bien
| I'm fine, I'm fine
|
| Quand les gens le jugeaient
| When people judged him
|
| Il disait c’est rien
| He said it's nothing
|
| C’est rien, c’est rien
| It's nothing, it's nothing
|
| Et quand on lui demandait
| And when asked
|
| Il disait je vais bien
| He said I'm fine
|
| Je vais bien, je vais bien
| I'm fine, I'm fine
|
| As-tu été heureux?
| Have you been happy?
|
| Il disait c’est loin
| He said it's far
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| C’est loin, c’est loin
| It's far, it's far
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| On avait beau l’attendre
| We had been waiting for it
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| Et il ne venait pas
| And he didn't come
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| Il avait pas besoin de nous
| He didn't need us
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| Nous besoin de lui
| We need him
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| Chaque fois qu’on lui demandait
| Every time we asked him
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| Ce qui n’allait pas
| What was wrong
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| Il répondait
| He answered
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| «Et toi racontes-moi ta vie»
| "And you tell me about your life"
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| On lui tendait la main
| They held out their hand
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| Il n’en voulait pas
| He didn't want it
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| Il nous parlait d’amour
| He spoke to us of love
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| Même sans le vivre
| Even without living it
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| Et lorsqu’on le fixais
| And when we stared
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| Lui, il tournait le regard
| He was looking away
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| Il nous souhaitait le bonheur
| He wished us well
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| Juste avant de partir
| Just before leaving
|
| Et quand on lui demandait
| And when asked
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| Il disait je vais bien
| He said I'm fine
|
| Je vais bien, je vais bien
| I'm fine, I'm fine
|
| Quand les gens le jugeaient
| When people judged him
|
| Il disait c’est rien
| He said it's nothing
|
| C’est rien, c’est rien
| It's nothing, it's nothing
|
| Et quand on lui demandait
| And when asked
|
| Il disait je vais bien
| He said I'm fine
|
| Je vais bien, je vais bien
| I'm fine, I'm fine
|
| As-tu été heureux?
| Have you been happy?
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| Il disait c’est loin
| He said it's far
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| C’est loin, c’est loin | It's far, it's far |