Vivre ou survivre [English translation]

Hour rings the morning

Crying chagrin

And rerun the humid movie

Of the past in the eyes

Short, so very short

Our love

And the calls for help

Knows that a deaf person does not hear what he wants

And after all he wants to live

Or survive

Without poetries

Without hurting the ones who loves him

Being happy

Upset

Live alone or even at two

But live forever

Without speeches

Without velvets

Without the useless sentences

Of an old pictured novel

Withering flowers dies

Black and white

Only colors

Of a future that is already the past for us two

And after all we need to live

Or survive

Without poetries

Without hurting the ones we love

Being happy

Upset

Live alone or even at two

And after all we need to live

Or survive

Without poetries

Without hurting the ones who loves us

Being happy

Upset

Live alone or even at two

But live in silence

While thinking about the sufferings

Of the earth while saying

We are not the most upset beings

But when in love

Everything crashes

All the misery of the world

Is nothing compared to a goodbye

And after all I want to live

Or survive

Without poetries

Without hurting the ones I love

Being happy

Upset

Live alone or even at two

Oh oh

Live or survive

Alone or even at two

Ooohh...

• Artist:Daniel Balavoine