| Je grandis, et plus je traverse les ages,
| I grow, and the more I pass through the ages,
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| Plus les barreaux de ma cage me retiennent.
| The more the bars of my cage hold me down.
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| Je me m (c)fie, je me sens pris en otage,
| I (c)trust myself, I feel held hostage,
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| Pi (c)g© par mon entourage.
| Pi (c)g© by my entourage.
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| Moi je veux vivre dans mon repaire
| I want to live in my lair
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| Sous terre et sans lumire
| Underground and without light
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| Loin des gens, il fait noir mais pourtant
| Far from people, it's dark but still
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| Dans mon repaire, tout me parait si clair
| In my lair everything seems so clear to me
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| et je me sens vivant.
| and I feel alive.
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| On m’a pr (c)dit que j’allais bўtir des villages
| I was told that I was going to build villages
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| Escalader les (c)tages, faire carrire
| Climb the (c) floors, make a career
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| On m’interdit les fautes de d (c)rapage
| I am forbidden to make mistakes of d (c) rapage
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| je dois sans cesse rester sage.
| I must always remain wise.
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| Moi je veux vivre dans mon repaire
| I want to live in my lair
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| Sous terre et sans lumire
| Underground and without light
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| Loin des gens, il fait noir mais pourtant
| Far from people, it's dark but still
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| Dans mon repaire, tout me parait si clair
| In my lair everything seems so clear to me
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| et je me sens vivant.
| and I feel alive.
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| A l’abri des colres, en sursis dans mon repaire
| Safe from anger, respite in my lair
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| A l’abri des colres, en sursis dans mon repaire
| Safe from anger, respite in my lair
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| Dans mon repaire,
| In my lair,
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| Sous terre et sans lumire
| Underground and without light
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| Loin des gens, il fait noir mais pourtant
| Far from people, it's dark but still
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| Dans mon repaire, tout me parait si clair
| In my lair everything seems so clear to me
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| et je me sens vivant.
| and I feel alive.
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| A l’abri des colres, en sursis dans mon repaire | Safe from anger, respite in my lair |