Je te mentirais [English translation]

I'd be lying to you

If I told you that I didn't think of it

If I told you that I didn't want

To remember the name of her street

If I told you,

My love, that I didn't feel anything,

That I didn't hear any of those things left unsaid

That I didn't smile to her silences

I'd be lying to you

I'd be lying to you

Quick, I'm falling!

Will you be watching me ?

Will you be down there

To take me someplace I don't know

Someplace I don't go to ?

So, quick, I'm falling

Like a stringless puppet

Too free and too fragile

I grope for your hand in the clouds

To dispel her image

I'd be lying to you

If I told you to your face

That you've no reason to shed any tears

That this girl is just a fling

I'd be lying to you

And yet, I've been lying to me

For believing we were so safe

For picturing us stronger than life

But no one knows

About those things

Quick, I'm falling!

Will you be down there ?

Will you be waiting for me

To take me someplace I don't know,

To lead me back to you ?

So, quick, I'm falling like a stringless puppet

Our unfolding story

I grope for your hand in the clouds

Not to turn the page

I'd be lying to you

But who else could I tell

Without, this time, really betrying you ?

Silence is sometimes worse

Quick, I'm falling

Will you be down there ?

Will you pick me up

To take me someplace I don't know,

To lead me back to you ?

So, quick, I'm falling

Like a stealing bird

Shot there, through the heart

And who's still wondering

Why did he come round here.

• Artist:Patrick Bruel
• Album:Juste avant