Cœur de goéland [English translation]

We’ve got so many journeys for us to see

So many stones, so many shores

The whole Peru and the Great Inca’s gold

But we stay here, on Whatever Street

Half tobacco, half neurosis

And we can’t take the very first step

We’re meant to dream

Kiss me

You’re pulling me, you’re taking me

So far away from myself

We’re made of a seagull heart

We’re made of half of ourselves

We’re made of sand and ocean water

And that’s why we tell each other “I love you”

We’re made of a condor feather

We were made to cross the Magellan Strait

We’ll have to stop when we’re dead

But we must keep going as long as we live

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And it’s the same for love

We’re meant for the blaze of glory

Tango at the port at daybreak

But we stay here, at Silence Pier

Half “Why?”, half “I think”

And we can’t take a step for a change of scenery

We’re meant to love each other

Kiss me

You’re pulling me, you’re taking me

So far away from myself

We’re made of a seagull heart

We’re made of half of ourselves

We’re made of sand and ocean water

And that’s why we tell each other “I love you”

We’re made of a condor feather

We were made to cross the Magellan Strait

We’ll have to stop when we’re dead

But we must keep going as long as we live

We’re made of a seagull heart

We’re made of the sound of cicadas

We’re meant to laugh like children

Not to hurt each other

We’re meant at first to be amazed

We’re meant to die while dancing

We’ll have to stop when we’re dead

But we must keep going as long as we live

We’re made of a seagull heart

We’re made of half of ourselves

We’re made of sand and ocean water

And that’s why we tell each other “I love you”

We’re made of a seagull heart

We’re made of half of ourselves

We’re made of sand and ocean water

And that’s why we tell each other “I love you”

• Artist:Pierre Bachelet
• Album:Marionnettiste, 1989