October 2011
4 posts
À un autre comme moi ( translation)
French:
Je croyais que j’avais trouvé
Quelqu’un qui était comme moi, mais non, ce n’est pas toi
Je voulais être en amour, oui
Et je veux toujours l’être. Non, tu ne m’en empêcheras pas
J’ai déjà cru appartenir
Aux personnes qui pardonnent, qui oublient puis fredonnent
Mais quand les mensonges se multiplient,
Mon cœur perd des couleurs et puis je...
Astronauts and tambourines
When I was just barely 3
You told me you had great hopes for me
I would be an astronaut, a physicist, or explore the sea
When I was somewhere around 6
You said I should be a scientist
To find the answers, to make a list
Of the reasons why we all exist
I remember when I was 10
I wanted to be an archaeologist then
So you brought me your old history books
You said: “ They’re not as boring...
Permafrost
Sometimes I feel like I am permafrost
Alone in the tundra and really lost
And to think that this is how I feel
Like the ground is melting and nothing’s real
And in the taiga everybody knows
That you shouldn’t wander where the hemlock grows
When the land is vast and the wind blow fast
Will you stay with me if the darkness last?
I know I have nothing to give so may as well give up and live
You...
Fireflies of Montreal
Ripple in the midnight clouds
No stars on the horizon
Flicker from an old street light
Attracts the moths who claim the night
Satellites that pass overhead
In the rib caged sky
If they stop, we’re good as dead
So then what good am I
‘Cause I’ve heard from encounter with the past
The creatures gentle glowing never lasts
So won’t someone tell me after all
What...
