Une parenthèse [English translation]

A parenthesis that closes off

Like a war that’s coming to an end

It’s the hatchet we bury

Because there was nothing more to do

A parenthesis that closes off

A parenthesis is not read

But it’s often necessary

In explaining an idea

In understanding a mystery

A parenthesis, it’s a sign

That’s all that can be given

A safe that is filled up

So that nothing is left lying around

A parenthesis is long

And it’s often not enough

It’s just what we need

To think about it again

It’s me, it’s me, it’s both of us

It’s our arms together forming a love circle

It’s the beginning of a new refrain

A bubble that hardly touches our hands

Two bodies forming no more than one

Dream

A parenthesis, a haven

A secret corridor

It’s an evening, a morning

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• Artist:Joyce Jonathan
• Album:On