Chanson - Jean-Pierre Ferland - Avant de m’assagir

Before I pass away, before I go to England I want to clean my heart, to preserve my health Before I tell my memories to the ink I want to be powerless and to count my laurels Before this season, before this retreat I want to jump the walls, the walls and the high sides I want to break the windows, the frames and the windows I want to die my life and not live my death Before my time, before my culture I want to break the conventions, the rules Before I pass away, before I go to England I want to leave my friends, my 32 years And if I could, I would do it again I would beg to die as it is necessary Life for what it is, life for what it is necessary That is to die your life and not die your death I want to know, I want to understand I want to start again, I want to see, I want to take There will always be time, but never enough time To hang my boots, to take a look I don't want to see what I say, I don't want to follow I want to take my time, I want to cut my branch I don't want to find a country or a door I want to die my life and not live my death I make a detour to the first pen I make myself act, to cry on my fate To think of later, to calculate my scenes To live my life and to live my death I'm looking for your neck, I'm taking you by the neck We are so small, but so deep in fear I am no longer a giant, I am no longer a canary I can stand up and I clean my heart And then I go back, and then I repeat To advance all seasons, to advance all retreats You have to jump the walls, the walls, the walls You have to open your life and not live your death You have to advance all seasons, to advance all retreats You have to play these days, the life of these countries You have to start again, if you want to learn to live Whether it's true or not I, I have to